LAKKI MARWAT: Two bullet-riddled bodies of young men were found near Mir Hazar Khanzadkhel village in Ghaznikhel police station limits here on Tuesday.
An official said a contingent of Ghaznikhel police station reached the place after being informed by the local people about the bodies and shifted them to hospital for fulfilling medico legal formalities.
“The deceased identified as Afsar Khan and Zahid, residents of Kherukhel village, were later handed over to heirs,” said the official.
Meanwhile police on Tuesday destroyed hideouts of kidnappers in Takhtikhel area bordering the frontier tribal region during a daylong search operation.
DPO Bashar Khan Wazir led the operation wherein commandos of Elite Force and Anti Terror Squad along with APC vehicles participated,” said the official. He added several suspects were also arrested in the operation.
“The action was launched following abduction of two villagers from Shakh Quli Khan two days back,” he maintained. The official said the law enforcers besieged the hideouts of Farman, kingpin of notorious kidnappers’ gang and his accomplices, and then razed them after carrying out thorough search. He said the arrested men were shifted to different police stations for interrogation.
NARCOTICS SMUGGLING BID FOILED: Police on Tuesday foiled a bid to smuggle narcotics to Punjab and arrested an alleged smuggler along with a big quantity of hashish near Dallokhel Phatak area on Bannu-Mianwali road.
On a tip-off, DPO Bashar Khan Wazir constituted a police party, which blocked road near Dallokhel Phatak and started searching vehicles. “A suspected car (ABT-025) coming from Tajazai side was stopped and its search was carried out in which 30kg hashish was recovered from vehicle’s hidden cavities,” he maintained.
The official said police arrested the accused, Mustafa Kamal of D.I. Khan, and registered case against him.
COLLEGE WITHOUT FACILITIES: The newly constructed building of government girls’ degree college has no internal electrification, clean drinking water, functional latrines and other facilities, hampering learning activities.
PTI female MPA and district development advisory committee chairperson Zarin Zia was informed during a visit to the college on Tuesday that the building was still incomplete despite deadline of June 30, 2013.
She was informed that due to negligence of communication and works department officials, contractors used substandard material in the building. The only tube-well is out of order, creating water shortage.
Mr Zia saw that over 250 female students were forced to take classes in two-three rooms due to incomplete academic block. She was informed that communication and works department had not made payments to Wapda for installation of electricity meters.
Ms Zia reiterated that C&W officials and contractors would face music for poor execution of public projects. She said she would urge the chief minister to order an inquiry into the matter so guilty officials and contractors could be punished.