LAKKI MARWAT: An under-construction house of a policeman was blown up with explosives in the Kalliwaal hotel area near Naurang here last night, police said on Thursday.

They said that the blast took place at midnight and was heard in the surrounding area. “The house owned by Mohammad Jameel Khan, a police constable deployed at the residence of the district police officer, was destroyed in the blast,” they maintained.

Jameel Khan told police that he had gone to the village Nar Raza Khan Adamzai and after midnight he received a phone call about the explosion at his under-construction house.“Next morning, I along with relatives reached the venue of the blast and found that two rooms, a veranda and a kitchen have been completely destroyed,” he claimed.

He told police that he and his relatives had been receiving threatening messages on their mobile phones for the last several days. He said he had no enmity with anyone and that miscreants had carried out the explosion to destroy his house. The police’s counter terrorism department has registered a case and launched an investigation.

Published in Dawn, April 5th, 2024