DROSH, Sept 16: It is disgusting that there has been an alarming increase in crimes in Chitral that were unheard of in the peaceful valley in the past.
Acid attack on women, murder, kidnapping, abduction and impersonation cases in Chitral?
It is also troubling that almost all the accused in these cases were those who come to Chitral form outside. But so far the culprits have not been brought to justice and it is one of the reasons criminals from other areas consider Chitral as a safe haven and its people easy to be cheated.
On Monday, the police in Drosh said they have arrested a resident of Peshawar’s Murshidabad locality for impersonating himself as an army major and trying to influence policemen at a checkpost.
Sub-Inspector Mubarak Khan, the SHO of Drosh, said when policemen at a picket at Ashiret stopped some people for taking iron ore in a truck illegally towards Peshawar, one of them tried to pressure the officials by claiming that he was a major of the army’s engineering corps. Further investigation showed that he was not an army officer. The police arrested the man and brought him to the Drosh police station where during an investigation he acknowledged that he had tried to influence the policemen by posing himself as an army officer. The accused was identified as Mohammad Arshad, son of Ashiq Hussain, and a resident of Peshawar.
It may be mentioned that the government has already banned transport of iron ore from the Damel area out of the District.
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