TTP commander killed in Mardan encounter

MARDAN: The police claimed to have killed a local commander of the outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) though his accomplices managed to flee after exchange of fire with the cops in Gujrat village Thursday night.
Talking to reporters here on Friday, District Police Officer (DPO) Faisal Shahzad said that cops from the Rustam Police Station were patrolling Gujrat on the Daggar Road when militant commander Idadullah alias Farooq Alam along with his two accomplices opened fire on the police. He said Farooq Alam was killed on the spot while his two accomplices escaped. He added the cops remained unhurt in the clash.
The DPO said that the slain militant was wanted by the Mardan Police in more than 40 cases of bombing schools, CD shops and government installations and carrying out attacks on the police.
The police seized a Kalashnikov rifle and hand-grenades after the clash.
Following the incident, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Mardan on the complaint of Imtiaz Khan, Assistant Sub-Inspector of Chura Police Station, registered a case against the slain militant Idadullah Alias Farooq Alam and also Bahar Ali, Saeed Wali, Saleem, Arif Alam, Sartaj, Abid and Habibul Haq under sections 353, 324, 148, 149 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act.