DADU, Dec 16: In the continuing anti-dacoit operation on the second consecutive day on Tuesday, 12 more suspects were rounded up by the police and hideouts of dacoits were burnt in the Kutcha area.

It also cordoned off a large area along both banks of Indus River in Dadu, Naushahro Feroze, Larkana and Nawabshah and Khairpur districts.

The areas besieged included, Bhand Mari, Keti Jatoi, Dokri, Badeh, Doulatpur, Rajo Dero, Saeedpur, Bilawalpur, Thebat, Chachar, Seehar, Veehar and Mohbat Dero Jatoi.

Police parties of Dadu district also crossed Indus River during the operation and reached the main point of Kutcha area of district Naushahro Feroze and surrounded Mohabbat Dero Jatoi with the help of trained dogs and foot print experts and conducted house-to-house search.

More commandos armed with automatic weapons were deployed in Kutcha belt.

The crackdown had been launched due to rising crime on the roads accessible from the Kutcha area.

Meanwhile, people have stopped travelling during the night time on Mehar-Larkana Indus Highway portion, specially on buses and coaches, as the crime rate has increased on this road since the last two months due to kidnapping and robberies.

So far two major dacoits gangs- Sagoo Jiskani and Gul Hassan Junejo - have been identified for the kidnapping and dacoities, sources said.

KIDNAPPED: A girl was kidnapped by eight armed men from Dadu town on Tuesday.