Police trace two blind cases in Chitral

CHITRAL: The police here have traced two blind cases of arson and murder in a short time, said an official.

Addressing a press conference here, the Superintendent of Police-Investigation Tariq Karim, said that in the arson case, the alleged culprits had set on fire a house and two vehicles of renowned paediatrician Dr Gulzar Ahmed late at night a month ago.

He said utilising the latest scientific tools and techniques, the investigators exposed the three culprits, Naeemullah, Faheemullah and Naqeebullah, and booked them under 7-ATA apart from many other sections of Pakistan Penal Code.

The official said further investigation was in progress to find clue to the similar cases of the recent past.

In the murder case, an Afghan refugee Hashir Khan was murdered in Garam Chashma by unknown persons two months ago while the case could not be traced due to the fact that the slain had no enmity with anyone in the area.

Karim said the alleged killers, Shahabuddin and Akbaruddin of the same village, were arrested by the investigation team.

They confessed to their crime before the judicial magistrate.

He said the arrest of the killers became possible with the help of the

mobile phone of the murdered person, which the killers had sold to a person in Risalpur.

Additional SP Noor Jamal and sub-divisional police officer Lot Koh, Abdul Sattar, were also present on the occasion.