KHAIRPUR: Three held

Published November 7, 2003

KHAIRPUR, Nov 6: The police have arrested three people — Ali Ahmed, Imdad Ali, and Ali Dino — from the Millan Narejo village on Wednesday on the charge of providing shelter to dacoits.

KILLED: A motorcyclist, Abdul Ghaffar Sehto, was run over by a trailer on the National Highway, near Ranipur, resulting in his instant death late Tuesday night.

Police impounded the trailer and arrested its driver, Noor Aslam Pathan.

INJURED: A truck driver, Behram Khan, was injured when his truck collided with a tractor trolley on the National Highway on Tuesday. —Correspondent

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