KOHAT: Caretaker of a seminary and his gunman were killed in Nasratkhel area on the Hangu Highway here the other day.

The police said that they were coming out of their home and going to Darul Uloom Nastartkhel when unknown assailants opened fire, killing them on the spot.

A police spokesman told Dawn on Sunday that the slain seminary head, Mufti Farmanullah of Nasratkhel, was facing life threats.

His gunman was identified as Arshad, a resident of Mosam Khan Banda area of Jarma.

The cantonment police said that a case of double murder had been filed against unidentified persons. They said that investigation had been launched.

Families of the deceased told police that they had no enmity with anyone.