SWABI – Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) officials were booked in theCity Police Station on Wednesday a day after a retired employee of thePakistan Air Force (PAF) was killed in a raid.
The protesters had brought the body of Noorul Haq, the former employee ofPAF, to Swabi town, the district headquarters, and placed it at the KarnalSher Khan Chowk, also known as Amn Chowk.
They were demanding the registration of the FIR against the officials ofthe CTD for murdering Noorul Haq. The police said that he was killed in anencounter, but the protesters claimed that Noorul Haq was killed inside hishouse. The negotiations between the representatives of the protesters andthe police were heldmidnight. The protestors were refusing to budge and hadeven started digging a grave the body was lying at the Karnal Sher KhanChowk.
The police officials were led by CTD Operations Peshawar SSP Sajjad Khan,Muhammad Ali Gandapur, DIG Mardan division and other officials. Theprotesters were represented by a jirga of local politicians. The officialseventually agreed to register the FIR.