| Armed men from Ansarul Islam (AI) led by Maulana Mehboob kidnapped eight members of the tribal militia Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) including a senior commander on Saturday, sources close to AI said. LI senior commander Ghuncha Gul from Bazaar Zakha Khel in the Tirrah Valley and seven armed men have been moved to an AI base in Tirrah Valley’s Bagh area, sources said. The sources said AI might had kidnapped the eight to avenge the killing of its leader Maulana Mastamin, who died in LI custody in Gogrina Bazaar Zakha Khel a few days ago. However, the LI denied the men had been kidnapped, terming the report a “rumour”. Gul’s nephew also refuted the report. Intelligences sources told Daily Times, however, that Gul and his seven gunmen had been kidnapped from the Qamar Khel Dwa Toi area in Tirrah. |