BANNU: According to District Police Officer (DPO) Ziauddin on Tuesday, tribal chiefs assisted in the recovery of the seven police officers who had been kidnapped by unidentified armed persons from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Bannu district a day earlier.
DPO Ziauddin claims that the jirga was able to liberate the police officers from the kidnappers without demanding a payment or imposing any restrictions.
The police officers were kidnapped from Bannu’s Ahmedzai subdivision a day earlier after armed attackers took over the Rocha checkpoint.
According to the DPO, the area was cordoned off and a search was conducted to find the kidnappers.
The police officers were taken hostage at a checkpoint by a group of armed men following Maghrib prayer, according to DPO Ziauddin.
