Balochistan

Baloch militancy: DC Kharan escapes armed ambush

Two levies men killed in firing on DC’s convoy.

Shezad Baloch March 21, 2015

Constable Athaur Rehman and Hawaldar Hazoor Bakhsh received multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot, while four other Levies officials were wounded, he added. ILLUSTRATION: JAMAL KHURSHID

QUETTA: Armed men ambushed the convoy of a top administration official in a remote area of Kharan district on Friday. Deputy Commissioner Abdul Razzaq Dilwary remained unhurt in the attack that left two Levies men and one attacker dead and four critically injured.

According to a Levies official, Dilwary led a Levies contingent for a raid on a hideout of criminals in the Racheel area. “Gunmen ambushed the convoy at a desolate place,” he said.

Constable Athaur Rehman and Hawaldar Hazoor Bakhsh received multiple bullet wounds and died on the spot, while four other Levies officials were wounded, he added.

Reinforcement was called in as Levies engaged the attackers. One of the attackers was killed in the gunfight while others managed to escape. “This might have been a trap set by the attackers for DC Dilwary,” an official of the district administration said.

Dilwary did not respond to repeated phone calls by The Express Tribune. Levies have launched a manhunt in the area for the attackers. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 21^st, 2015.

COMMENTS (2)

Jameel ur Rasheed | 9 years ago | Reply Unlike Army and FC, what happen to the families of martyrs Levies? Do they get any compensation for dying in the line of duty? Levies is a locality based force and most of them come from the local population. In areas where militants get support from people would identify and desolate the families of those working with government and its agencies. Did Constable Athaur Rehman and Hawaldar Hazoor Bakhsh die in vain and their families left in a lurch or what?

Quetta wala | 9 years ago | Reply His movements, all the info about the raid was forwarded to the criminals/insurgents. They knew all the details. This DC was betrayed. He has spies in his office. His office needs to be purged.

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