Protest after citizen killed in police raid

HANGU: The relatives and other citizens staged a protest against the alleged murder of a resident by police during a raid in Karbogha Sharif in the Doaba area in the district on Sunday.

Talking to reporters, Shaheed Khan, a resident of Karbogha Sharif and father of victim Zaitullah, said that his son was not a drug smuggler but he was shot dead by police during a raid against narcotics dealers in the mountainous Karbogha Sharif area.

He said that his son was innocent but the police resorted to firing without a proper investigation in drug smuggling.

Earlier, the protesters placed the body of Zaitullah on the road outside the Doaba Police Station and chanted slogans against the police and demanded high-ups to register a case and take action against the personnel.

Later, a jirga comprising Tall Tehsil Chairman Mufti Imran, ex-lawmaker Mufti Said Janan, Superintendent of Police (Investigation) Arshad Mahmood and others convinced the protestors to end the protest. The protesters reopened the road for traffic after six hours when a case was registered against the personnel of the raiding party in Doaba Police Station.