KOHAT: Ustarzai police here on Thursday arrested three proclaimed offenders, including one allegedly involved in murder of six people on Kohat-Hangu road 13 years ago.

A police party under the supervision of DSP Raza Mohammad raided a den in Mohammadzai and arrested PO Mohammad Khalid.

The police said that Khalid and his brother Zahid had killed six people over a petty issue. After that both disappeared in Orakzai Agency. They said that Zahid later joined TTP who tried him for the murders and put him before a firing squad in Bezote area.

Khalid was shifted to police station and then handed over to investigation branch on physical remand.

Similarly, the Jarma and Shakardarra police arrested Amjid and Sohail, respectively, for murders and moved them to respective police stations.

The district police also arrested 37 suspects and recovered two small machineguns, one repeater, nine pistols, two rifles, three shot guns and seven kilogrammes of hashish.

Meanwhile, a man enraged by frequent power outages resorted to firing at a Pesco lineman in Mohammadzai.

The lineman, Imtiaz, told the cantonment police on Thursday that he was busy in his work when two men started abusing him and then one of them took out a pistol and fired several shots at him, but he luckily survived.

The lineman identified them as Shabbir Khan and Sharifullah who were nominated in the report.

ROAD BLOCKED: Villagers blocked Kohat-Rawalpindi road at Gumbat to record their protest against police for entering a house while chasing alleged gamblers in Gindiali village.

The police while chasing gamblers in Gandiali village entered a house and arrested them along with stal(e money and cards.

A police spokesman said that the police had information that gambling was in progress in the drawing room of a house. He said that when they conducted raid the gamblers ran into the house and the police followed them.

He said that the police overpowered and shifted them to police station where FIR was registered against Taj Mohammad, Niaz Ali, Rasheed, Khan Sahib and Shahid Hussain.

The protesters dispersed after negotiations between the elders and the police.