Old Enmity- Four cousins shot dead in Kohat, two bodies found in Tank

Four cousins were gunned down as a result of old enmity in Ittehad Colony at Naway Kalay area on Hangu Road here on Thursday.

The police said that the rivals came face to face and four accused opened indiscriminate firing at the other party. Those killed were identified as Mohammad Bilal, Mohammad Rauf, Mohammad Shafique and Ehsanullah. Their bodies were taken to the KDA teaching hospital where after post-mortem they were handed over to the relatives.

District police officer Abbas Majeed Marwat ordered immediate arrest of the culprits after which operation was launched in the area under the supervision of DSP Raza Khan and SHO cantonment police station Mohammad Ali.

According to a police handout, the accused had been traced with the help of sniffer dogs and arrested. Two Kalashnikovs and two pistols were also recovered. It said that the police had collected important evidence from the site. Abid Gul, brother of deceased Mohammad Rauf, has nominated Mohammad Qasim, Israr, Farooq and Afghan refugee Jan Mohammad in the FIR for the killings.

(Two Bodies Found in Tank) Unknown assailants gunned down two youths and threw their bodies at a roadside here on Thursday.

Mohammad Javed, son of Mohammad Rasool, reported to Gul Imam police station that his brother Jehan Zeb and cousin Hazratullah were missing since Wednesday and Mullazai police station was informed through phone in this regard.

However, on Thursday they were informed that bodies of Jehan Zeb and Hazratullah were lying at the roadside in the area.

According to police, the two were tortured and then killed as they were blindfolded and their hands were tied with ropes.They said that the two were shot in the head. The youth belonged to Bittani tribe of Ber Mullahkhel.

The family members refused to receive the bodies and said that such incidents of killing were taking place regularly, but the police were not taking action against the assailants. However, they received the bodies for burial after the assistant political agent, FR Tank, Bashir Ahmed assured them that the killers would soon be arrested.