Five labourers injured in Dasu firing incident
National
February 10, 2021
MANSEHRA: Five labourers were injured when the security guards opened fire after a group of locals tried to enter the Dasu Dam’s tunnel in Ochar Nullah area in Upper Kohistan district on Tuesday, sources said. The sources said that a joint jirga attended by the deputy commissioner, labourers’ representatives, former lawmaker and local elders decided to lodge FIR of the firing incident.
The sources added that the incident occurred after the Wapda’s guards allegedly opened fire to disperse a group of locals who were attempting to sneak into the Dasu Dam’s tunnel. “The situation on the ground is peaceful as the jirga held to defuse the tension has decided to lodge an FIR of the incident. The jirga helped open the Karakoram Highway, which was blocked to traffic at two places following the firing incident,” Arif Javed, the district police officer, told reporters.