SWABI: Unidentified robbers snatched Rs27.8 million from owner of a poultry farm at gunpoint here in the wee hours of Monday, the police said.The incident occurred on Jhanda Road, which falls in the jurisdiction of Swabi city police station.

Ali Shan, the poultry farm owner, got registered an FIR with the police, stating that five robbers armed with automatic weapons forced their way into his office at about 2am after snatching Kalashnikov from the watchman and decamped with Rs27.8 million.

He said two mobile phones were also snatched from his employees.

DSP Jawad Khan said they would check the footage of CCTV cameras installed by people at their homes in the area to reach the culprits.

KILLED: Three persons, including a child, were shot dead, and a boy drowned in separate incidents here on Monday.

Swabi city police said two groups clashed over an old enmity in Maneri Payan area. As a result of firing, Umeer Khan and an eight-year-old passerby, Basam Khan, died on the spot, while another passerby, Shirdraz Khan, was injured.

Meanwhile, Faqir Zada got registered an FIR with the police, stating that his son, Hussainullah, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Shagai Durangona area.

Also, a 16-year-old youth, Lugman, drowned in Pehur Canal in Jaganath village.

Divers recovered the body and handed it over to relatives.

-Correspondent