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OKARA, July 27: A proclaimed offender was shot dead while an ASI sustained bullet injuries in an `encounter’ near Renala Khurd , 20km from here, on Friday. On a tip-off, a police team led by SHO Aslam Awan raided a house in Basti Lal. “On seeing police PO Ghulam Murtaza opened fire. When police returned the fire, the outlaw who hailed from Hujra Shah Muqeem died,” a police spokesman said, adding that ASI Nazir Ahmad had also sustained bullet injuries.
He was wanted in several cases of murder and dacoities.
TOLL UP: Another injured of the Dera Osman Khan clash between two families of local Christian community died in a Lahore hospital on Friday.
Younus Masih was the fifth victim as Monday’s clash over a minor dispute had left four people dead the same evening. City police have so far arrested eight of the 17 nominated accused.
