[The News (Pak)] Security forces and the police in a joint search operation blew up a Madrassa on the Begukhel Road in Machenkhel on Sunday. Official sources said security forces and police raided Siddiqia Madrassa at 5:30 am and blew it up, destroying five rooms of the building. Head of the Madrassa, Maulana Gul Muhammad, was not present at the time. There was no casualty as the seminary was empty. Official sources said there were authentic reports that the seminary was being used as a shelter by the local and non-local militants. Meanwhile, unidentified militants fired at a police checkpost near Shah Hassankhel village on Saturday night.