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| Tribal elder, three sons arrested in Kohat |
| 2010-01-18 |
| [Dawn] The police arrested a tribal elder along with his three sons involved in terrorism while recovering a huge cache of arms and five suspicious vehicles from their hideout in Khwasi Banda on Sunday. The district police officer, Dilawar Khan Bangash said that they had received reports about the involvement of Khan Akbar's family in terrorist activities. The police elite force arrested them during a raid at the house of the tribal elder in Khwasi Banda in Jarma area of Kohat while seizing Kalashnikovs, pistols, repeaters and five suspicious vehicles parked at a secret place. The main accused Khan Akbar and his three sons Inamullah, Eid Akbar and Amanullah were brought to Kohat in tight security. Preliminary investigations revealed that they had relations with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and had registered themselves as internally displaced people to sneak into Kohat from Orakzai Agency last month. Officials confided that a case had been registered against the man and his three sons in Sadder police station and a joint investigation would be constituted soon to interrogate them. |
| Posted by:Fred |