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FAISALABAD, June 1: Police claimed to have killed a hardened criminal in an encounter in Tandlianwala police station precinct on Thursday night. Police said some villagers had informed them that Jehangir alias Jango, along with his six accomplices, had been plundering cash and valuables from passersby at Mohallah Islampura.
DIG (Operations) Muhammad Aslam Tareen constituted a raiding party which rushed to the place and shot dead Jango in an encounter. His accomplices, however, managed to escape.
The police claimed that they had recovered a cache of weapons and that the deceased was involved in 56 cases of murder, dacoity and other heinous crimes.
