Four militants held in Hangu

HANGU: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested four militants including a commander in Abbaskhel area on Saturday.

Talking to reporters, the CTD officials said that acting on a tip-off about the presence of the militant commander identified as Khadi Gul, the officials raided the house of the alleged facilitator of the militants, Fida Muhammad.

During the raid, the officials arrested Khadi Gul along with other militants identified as Muhammad Rasheed, Shafiullah and Siffat Sher. A cache of arms including rocket-launchers, nine hand-grenades, several pistols and heavy machine guns were recovered from them.  The officials shifted the held militants to an undisclosed location for interrogation.