MARDAN: The police on Friday claimed to have arrested a female professor and a driver in the killing case of director finance of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM).

Mohammad Tariq was found murdered in a deserted place in the Sheikh Maltoon Town here on Wednesday.

District Police Officer Faisal Shehzad told Dawn the police had solved the blind murder and arrested two accused, including driver of the slain and a female professor.

He said Ishfaq Afzal, the victim’s brother, had nominated driver of his slain brother and an assistant professor at the university’s women degree college in the murder case.

He said the alleged killers were being interrogated to know about the motive and any other accomplices involved in the murder case.  

Meanwhile, the law enforcement agencies in a joint search and strike operation arrested 15 suspects, including four Afghan nationals and three proclaimed offenders, and recovered illegal arms from their possession on Friday.

Ikhtiraz Khan, SHO city police station, said the joint operation was conducted in Hoti, Par Hoti and other localities. He said the law enforcers arrested at least 15 suspects, four Afghans among them who were staying without valid documents.

The SHO said four pistols were also recovered from the arrested men. They were shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation. — Correspondent