ATTOCK (NNP) Five persons among them four cousins were booked by Police on Friday under six different sections including Anti- Terrorism Act (ATA) for their alleged involvement in showering bullets over a Suzuki van killing two minor students and injuring five of them in a gloomy incident in Dheri Kot area of in the remits of Attock Saddar Police station on Thursday.
The injured van driver in a statement recorded with police stated that a man identified as Ali Khan-an official of forest department was shot dead in the village on June 28 this year. His brother-in-law identified as Muhammad Riasat and his two brothers Muhammad Asif and Alauddin were nominated in the murder case and the case is under trial at local court. To take revenge of the murder of their uncle, Muhammad Naeem along with his brother Muhammad Raheem, Azam Khan along with his brother Nasir Khan and friend Muhammad Tariq intercepted his vehicle on Thursday when he was going to drop the school children to charity school located in nearby village and showered bullets over the vehicle resultantly two minor female children sitting at the front seat of the vehicle with him died on the spot while five other students besides him was injured. Subsequently incharge heinous crime investigation unit Inspector Sajjad Ahmed registered a case against the five nominated suspects under section 302, 324, 109, 148, 149 Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and section 7 of Anti- Terrorism Act (ATA) and launched haunt to trace the culprits. According to Police spokesman, different teams equipped with digital surveillance gadgets were formed to track and apprehend the culprits involved in the bloodshed.
