KOHAT
A policeman who was badly injured during an exchange of fire with a drug dealer the other night at Chakarkot Bala here, succumbed to his injuries on Friday.
Spokesman for Kohat police said the police raided the hideout of a drug dealer in the hilly Chakarkot area to arrest him.
The police party when reached the area, the drug dealer started indiscriminate firing on the police party, critically injuring a policeman, named Kashif.
The cop was under treatment, however due to the grave wounds, he could not survive and embraced martyrdom.
Police have started a large-scale operation in the area to arrest the accused.
