BANNU: Five people including a police constable were safely returned to their homes on Thursday after having been abducted in separate incidents across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu and its surrounding areas. According to police sources, the abducted Constable Zareen Khan — posted at Utmankhel Police Station — as well as two residents of Pathona Mamandkhel, were released and returned home safely. Their release was reportedly secured through the efforts of local elders and a tribal jirga .