They said the incident took place at around 2am in Sultankhel area.
Local residents also confirmed the incident and said that they heard a huge bang at around 2am.
The police said that they cordoned off the locality after receipt of information about the incident, and also closed the main Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
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They said that the suspected bully boy died instantly in the blast, while they recovered a Kalashnikov, a hand grenade and a remote from near the body.
The body was first taken to the Landi Kotal Hospital for an appointment with Dr. Quincy, and later shifted to a morgue in Peshawar as it could not be identified.
The main road remained closed till 11am with local residents raising doubts about the local police’s ability to tackle such a situation. They alleged that the body of the suspected bully boy remained on the spot for nine hours.