Kidnapping of VC: 15 elders held

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The political administration of Darra Adamkhel arrested 15 tribal elders and impounded four vehicles of Akhorwal tribe under Frontier Crimes Regulations in connection with the kidnapping of vice-chancellor of Kohat University on Saturday.

The Khasadars arrested 15 tribesmen and impounded their four vehicles. The tribal elders were shifted to Spina Thana along with seized vehicles by the security forces.

The vice-chancellor of Kohat University of Science and Technology, Dr Lutfullah Kakakhel, was kidnapped by militants in Darra Adamkhel while on his way to Peshawar from Kohat on Friday night.

The assistant political agent of Frontier Region of Kohat, Kifayatullah Khan, asked the Akhorwal tribe to recover the kidnapped vice-chancellor, who was kidnapped from their soil or action would continue against them. They were warned if they failed to get the educationist released from Taliban their all 72 elders would be put behind the bars and their businesses would also be closed.

Meanwhile, the political administration ordered all the Khasadars to report to their duty in Darra Adamkhel immediately. It is important to mention here that the political administration had stopped Khasadars from performing their duties owing to growing activities of Taliban last year.

Sources said that the vice-chancellor might have been shifted to Khyber Agency or Orakzai Agency by Taliban through unfrequented routes which they used for carrying out terrorists acts in Darra Adamkhel.