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Nangarhar: Masked man frightening students arrested

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JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A man who frightened school and seminary students by posing as a jin in the Pachiragam district of eastern Nangarhar province has been arrested, an official said on Monday.

Pachiragam district chief Maulvi Sharifullah Haqqani told Pajhwok Afghan News school and seminary students were daily scared by the man on their way to school or madrassa.

He said intelligence personnel and police jointly conducted an investigation before finally arresting the masked man for frightening students.

The detainee has been handed over to the Intelligence Department in Nangarhar for further investigation, the official added.

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