LAHORE: Four suspects allegedly involved in a kidnap-cum-murder case were killed in an encounter in Manawan, claimed the CIA police here on Saturday.

No personnel of the law enforcement agencies were injured in the encounter.

A spokesman for the CIA police claimed that four suspects identified as Abdul Sattar alias Nannha, Baber Nadeem, Muhammad Azam and Muhammad Ejaz were being taken for recovery when their five to six accomplices attacked them near Manawan.

He said the suspects along with their accomplices tried to flee after the attack, but the police team was already on alert and retaliated swiftly, killing four suspects in a brief shootout. Their accomplices managed to escape in the darkness. Police recovered the bodies and shifted them to a morgue.

The spokesman said that suspects were involved in kidnapping and later killing a ninth class student, Aman Qamar of Samanabad, in 2016.

He said the suspects had taken the boy to Faisalabad and demanded Rs3 million as ransom from his family. Though the family paid Rs2.5m ransom, the suspected kidnappers killed the boy and buried him in a graveyard in Faisalabad.

He said the suspects were involved in a number of kidnap for ransom cases registered against them in different areas of the city.

KILLED: A suspected robber was killed in an encounter in Hayer in early hours of Saturday.

Police said Awais Ashraf of Lithar village on Bedian Road was on his way when three suspected armed robbers stopped him, snatched his bike and wallet and escaped from the scene.

Police said the victim alerted the police on 15 and a police patrol party signaled to stop three motorcyclists, but they opened fire which was returned.

Police said one of the suspects, who suffered a bullet injury,

died after falling on the road while his accomplices managed to escape.

Police shifted the body to a morgue and started investigating for his identification.

Published in Dawn, February 5th, 2017