Polio worker shot injured in Landikotal,TTP claimed Jamrud police attack

Ashrafuddin Pirzada LANDIKOTAL: Unidentified gunmen shot and injured a social worker and polio suprvisor late Thursday night in Ashkhel village of Landikotal tehsil in district Khyber, police sources said on Friday. The sources said that Banaris Khan Shinwari, who is polio supervisor and chairman of Landikotal Falahi Tanzeem, was at his hujra(guest house for males) with guests when few gunmen opened indiscriminate firing from outside the compound aiming the main gate. According to family sources the incident took place around 8pm when Banaris Khan,his son and another person were present at the Hujra lawn. They said gunmen all of sudden open brust firing at main gate and fled the scene. As a results, Banaris Khan wounded while luckily the other persons with him were safe in the incident. As the incident happened police reached to the site and cordoned off the area. They collected the evidences. Banaris Khan was rushed to district headqmquarters hospital in Landikotal wherefrom he was shifted to Hayatabat Medical Complex. No group or induvidual yet claimed responsibility of the attack. Landikotal police station police officer Ayaz Shinwari told The News that after due legal process Landikotal Police would register FIR and proceed the case. However,no arrest yet made in the firing case,he added. Meanwhile, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP) through their social media accounts claimed the responsibility of the Jamrud attack on Thursday in which a police constable Kalimullah and his driver were killed.

The funeral prayer of the martyred police was offered at Police lines in Jamrud which was attended by Capital City Police Officer Ahsan Abbas,deputy commissioner Khyber Arshad Mansoor,sector commander Shaokat Rana,commandant Khyber Rifles,local elders and others.The martyred Kalimullah Afridi was later laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Tedibazaar in Jamrud.

Talking to this scribe, DPO Khyber Wasim Riaz confirmed the Jamrud incident as terrorism bid and said that the martyred police blood would not go waste. He met with the martyred police officer's family members and condoled the lose of their dear one. CCPO Ahsan Abbas,DC Khyber Arshad Mansoor and other molitary officers also met with the bereaved family members and condoled the tragic death of their family member. CCPO Ahsan Abbas on the occasion said that they were with the martyreds families and would support them. He said they feel proud on the martyreds police who gave life sacrifices for Pakistan.