LAKKI MARWAT
A noted contractor was shot dead while his driver and cousin sustained injuries when gunmen fired at his van in Landiwah village in the jurisdiction of Dadiwala Police Station on Monday, police said. Imtiaz Khan, driver, reported to the police that contractor Mushtaq Khan and Murad Ali were heading to Lakki Township in his double cabin van when gunmen including, Sarfaraz, Shaista Khan and Salim Khan opened fire on the van. Resultantly, the contractor was killed on the spot while he (driver) and cousin sustained injuries. The dead and injured were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Serai Naurang wherefrom the injured were referred to a hospital Bannu due to their precarious condition.
It was learnt that the slain contractor had contested recent local bodies election for tehsil mayoral but he could not succeed.
The motive behind the incident was stated to be an old enmity.
The police launched investigation after registering the case.
