KOHAT: A boy was assaulted by a man in Parshai area of Gumbat tehsil at gunpoint here on Tuesday, the police said.

Gumbat SHO Fazal Mohammad said the victim, 9, told his parents that a local resident, namely Sajid Minhas, 35, took him to the fields and ordered him to remove clothes at gunpoint and then assaulted him.

He said the police had arrested the accused, who admitted to his crime.

SHO Fazal Mohammad said that the police had registered FIR against the man.

Meanwhile, a sepoy of Frontier Corps, Gul Raza, who had suffered injuries in a blast occurred in Miramshah, North Waziristan tribal district, two years ago, succumbed to his injuries in the Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar, on Tuesday. He belonged to Kachai area of Kohat.

Gul Raza initially remained in coma for six months, and was shifted to his house, but was repeatedly hospitalised after his condition deteriorated. He had again gone into coma.Correspondent