Four youngsters held for torching watchman cabin.

ISLAMABAD -- Police have arrested four youngsters on charges of setting the security cabin of a watchman on fire outside the worship place of Ahmedi community in the limits of Police Station Wah Cannt, sources informed on Friday.

The four youngsters were identified as Sabih Uddin, Hafiz Abdul Rehman, Muhammad Sheryar and Atta Muhammad aging between 14 to 18 years old, sources said.

According to sources, the four teenagers were going back to their homes after playing in a nearby ground last week when they spotted a metal-wood made cabin of the watchman outside the worship place of Ahmedis in Wah Cantt. The boys torched the cabin and escaped from the scene. On seeing the smoke, the management of worship place alerted the police, they said, adding the police rushed to the site and interrogated the incident.

Meanwhile, caretaker of worship place Riaz Qureshi tabled a written complaint with police against the unknown accused, they said. Police registered First Information Report and started investigation. Later on, police traced out the accused and held them, sources said.

Station House Officer (SHO) PS Wah Cannt Imran Haider, when contacted, confirmed the incident. He said unknown men tried to torch a security...

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