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| Policeman moves PHC to reclaim ransom paid to Taliban |
| 2010-12-29 |
| [Pak Daily Times] A police head constable petitioned in the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar High Court against the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... Police Department for reclaiming Rs 0.5 million from the department, which he paid to Taliban as ransom for his safe release. Head Constable Pir Jamal, a resident of Hangu District, filed a writ petition through Fazal Mohmand advocate in the high court. He stated in the writ petition that on November 6, 2009, a group of Taliban attacked Doaba Police Post, Hangu with heavy weapons. The petitioner, who was in-charge of the police post, stated that three police constables were killed and two injured in the attack. The Taliban, after the attack, jugged him and two other police constables Tariq and Akhlaq Ahmed and took them to He said that they remained in Taliban's custody for three months, but no effort was made by the police department for their safe release. The petitioner said that after three months, his family started negotiations with Taliban for his safe release and finally they agreed to release him on payment of Rs 0.5 million ransom. The head constable said that he belonged to a poor family and his family borrowed the money from other people. He was on duty and was kidnapped while fighting with Taliban. "To get him released from Taliban's custody was the government's responsibility," the petitioner said. But, after his family members got him released by paying ransom, now it was the government's responsibility to pay the said amount to his family, he said. The petitioner said that he had time and again requested the police department to pay him the amount, but to no avail and moved the court after getting no response from the police department. The petitioner made Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government through chief secretary, provincial police officer, Hangu district police officer and others as respondents in the writ petition. |
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