LAKKI MARWAT: Three alleged outlaws were killed by their rivals in Samandi mountainous area of Kurrum Par belt here on Sunday.

Police sources said that proclaimed offenders, Rafiullah, his brother, Parvez and cousin, Munir were coming to Wanda Aurangzeb village to celebrate Eid with their relatives when they were ambushed by their rivals. Two of them, Rafiullah and Munir, died instantly while Parvez succumbed to injuries on way to hospital.

The sources said that the deceased were wanted to law-enforcement agencies in murder, kidnapping, robbery, attack on police and terrorism related cases. They said that a police party of Dadiwala police station immediately rushed to the area where the incident took place and took into possession the bodies of POs and their weapons, including two AK-47 assault rifles, spare magazines and bullets.

The bodies were later shifted to a hospital in Naurang town for fulfilling legal formalities.

The police sources said that the government had fixed the head money for Rafiullah, who was a hardened criminal and was a serious threat to the peace of Kurrum Par region and neighbouring Mianwali district of Punjab and Karak.

They added that heavy contingent of police backed by commandos of Elite Force and

Anti-Terrorist Squad had launched an operation against the killed proclaimed offenders last month, but they managed to disappear in the mountainous area bordering Mianwali and Karak districts.

Published in Dawn, October 6th, 2014