A police constable was martyred and three other policemen were abducted when terrorists attacked a police checkpost on a mountain in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Hangu district on Sunday night, in the latest strike on security forces in the province.
The attack took place at the Shalmas Pir Ziarat police post on Shah Almas Pir Hill, near Hangu city, at around midnight. Heavily armed attackers stormed the remote hilltop post, and an intense exchange of fire followed as the personnel on duty fought back.
Constable Feroz Ali was martyred during the exchange of fire, Hangu District Police Officer Salahuddin Kundi confirmed on Monday. The attackers took three policemen with them as they fled towards Khanano Kot in the Samana mountain range.
A heavy contingent of police and security forces rushed to the scene, cordoned off the area and engaged the attackers. Police later regained control of the post on Shah Almas Pir Mountain and launched a pursuit and clearance operation to trace the fleeing attackers and recover the abducted personnel.
The funeral prayers of the martyred constable were offered with full state honours at the Police Lines in Hangu on Monday, attended by police and security personnel. His body was then taken to his native village of Ibrahimzai for burial.
No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has carried out recurring attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since its ceasefire deal with the federal government ended in November 2022.
The attack comes just a day after the provincial set-up unveiled a new security plan for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including faceless anti-terrorism courts and an annual Rs70 billion funding boost for the police and the Counter Terrorism Department, underlining the scale of the challenge facing law enforcement in the province.
Security forces say the search operation in the Samana mountains is continuing. Stay with News Trend Today for the latest updates on this developing story.
Sources: The Express Tribune, Aaj News, PTI, UrduPoint (APP), 24NewsHD.
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ROMAN URDU VERSION:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ke zila Hangu mein itwaar ki raat dehshatgardon ne aik pahari police checkpost par hamla kar diya, jis mein aik police constable shaheed aur teen police ahalkar aghwa kar liye gaye — soobay mein security forces par hone wale hamlo mein taaza waqea.
Hamla Hangu sheher ke qareeb Shah Almas Pir Pahari par qaim Shalmas Pir Ziarat police post par aadhi raat ke qareeb hua. Bhaari aslah se les dehshatgardon ne door-daraaz pahari post par dhawa bol diya aur duty par mojood ahalkaron se shadeed firing ka tabadla hua.
Hangu ke District Police Officer Salahuddin Kundi ne Peer ko tasdeeq ki ke firing ke tabadle mein Constable Feroz Ali shaheed ho gaye. Hamla-awar teen police ahalkaron ko apne saath le kar Samana pahari silsilay mein Khanano Kot ki taraf farar ho gaye.
Police aur security forces ka bhaari dasta foran mauqa par pahuncha, ilaqay ko gheray mein le kar hamla-awaron se muqabla kiya. Police ne baad mein Shah Almas Pir Pahari ki post par dobara qabza kar liya aur aghwa shuda ahalkaron ki baziyabi aur farar hamla-awaron ki talash ke liye operation shuru kar diya.
Shaheed constable ki namaz-e-janaza Peer ko Hangu Police Lines mein poori sarkari aizaz ke saath ada ki gayi, jis mein police aur security ahalkar shareek hue. Unki mayyat tadfeen ke liye unke abai gaon Ibrahimzai le jayi gayi.
Abhi tak kisi giroh ya shakhs ne hamlay ki zimmedari qabool nahi ki. Pabandi shuda Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan November 2022 mein wafaqi hukumat ke saath jungbandi muahiday ke khatmay ke baad se Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mein musalsal hamlay kar raha hai.
Yeh hamla Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ke liye naye security plan ke elaan ke aik din baad hua hai, jis mein be-chehra anti-terrorism adalatein aur police aur Counter Terrorism Department ke liye salana 70 arab rupay ki funding shamil hai — jo soobay mein qanoon naafiz karne walay idaron ko darpesh challenge ki shiddat ko zahir karta hai.
Security forces ke mutabiq Samana paharon mein search operation jari hai. Is taraqqi pazeer khabar ki taaza tareen maloomat ke liye News Trend Today ke saath rahiye.
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