SUKKUR: Three arrested

Published July 1, 2003

SUKKUR, June 30: Three alleged bandits reportedly involved in several cases were arrested by the Ghotki police on Sunday.

A police party during a patrol saw the suspected persons in Khan village and arrested them. They were identified as Gul Hassan Bullo, Peerano Tanwari and Sartaj Shaikh wanted by police in several cases of theft and kidnapping. A Klashinkov riffle, a gun and a pistol were recovered from them.

ELECTROCUTED: A five-year-old boy, Arbab Hussain, son of Imdad Malik, electrocuted in Thull town, Jacobabad district, on Sunday.

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