SUKKUR: Dacoits kill man

Published March 14, 2002

SUKKUR, March 13: Some dacoits, armed with automatic weapons, opened fire on a truck and killed a man, Amir Bux, son of Kamal Khan Khoso, near village Naper, some 70kms from here, on Wednesday.

The truck carrying family members of Amir Bux was coming from Rajanpur, when it reached near Naper village on the Indus Highway, the dacoits intercepted the truck and looted cash, ornaments and valuables from the family.

They also disgraced the women of the family and when Amir Bux offered resistance, they killed him on the spot and fled.

No one was arrested till the filing of this report.

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