GOVT APPROVES FINANCIAL PACKAGE FOR KABAL CTD BLASTS VICTIMS
Federal government has approved a special financial package for families of victims of Kabal police station’s blasts that left 18 killed and about 70 injured on Monday, ARY News reported.
In a statement, Central Police Office (CPO) Peshawar stated that federal government has approved a special financial package for families of the victims of Kabal police station’s blasts.
Under package, families of martyred CTD personnel would be given Rs 2 million each while injured would get Rs 0.5 million each.
It is pertinent to mention here that at least 18 people martyred including 13 policemen and 70 others including a lady police official sustained injuries in twin bomb blasts inside a Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station in Swat’s Kabal town.
Two bomb blasts occurred in Swat’s Kabal Town near CTD police station. After the explosion, electricity supply to area was also disrupted. Building of police station was completely destroyed in incident.
DIG CTD Khalid Sohail said that two bomb explosions took place inside police station where weaponry and mortar shells were also stored. “Explosions might be occurred due to mortar shells or it may be a suicide blast.”
Sohail said that explosion was not carried out at police station’s gate. “It was old building of CTD police station and mostly offices and personnel were shifted to new building.”
IG KP rules out terrorism
Earlier, Inspector General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (IG KP) police ruled out terrorism from twin blasts in CTD police station in Swat.
As per details, the KP IG said that blast took place when explosives inside police station exploded. He said that an investigation to find out negligence is underway.
A two-member fact-finding committee comprised of Interior Secretary and additional IG special branch has been constituted on CTD police station attack in Swat
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