Police escorting polio team attacked

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The suspected militants attacked a police team escorting polio workers near Malangi Morr on Chodhwan Road in Daraban tehsil on Wednesday.

The police said that cops were on duty to provide security to the polio workers in the ongoing anti-polio vaccination drive near Malangi Morr on Chodhwan Road when militants opened fire on them with automatic weapons.

However, they said that the cops guarding the vaccinators returned the fire promptly and forced the attackers to flee to the nearby forest.No casualty was reported during the exchange of fire between the militants and the police.

Soon after the incident, a heavy contingent of police rushed to the spot and launched a search operation to apprehend the perpetrators.Security was upped in the area to ensure the safety of anti-polio vaccinators and law enforcement personnel involved in the polio campaign.