FAISALABAD: Robbers gunned down a vegetable vendor near Adda Johal on Wednesday morning.

Police said Munawar, 50, a resident of Chak 77-RB, Lohky, a vegetable vendor, was on a loader rickshaw with two others when two armed robbers intercepted them and attempted to snatch cash from them.

As Munawar put up resistance, robbers opened fire, leaving him critically injured. Because of excessive bleeding, Munawar died on the spot, while the robbers managed to escape.

Police registered a murder and robbery case against the unidentified killers and formed teams to trace and arrest them.

COP DIES: A constable died and two others sustained injuries when a police van rammed into a tree near Akbar Chowk, Gulistan Colony, here on Wednesday.

As per police, Sargodha Road police officials were on routine patrol when the van driver reportedly lost control over the vehicle that rammed into a tree along the road.

A constable identified as Sikandar, of Chak 153-RB, Sahianwala, suffered a severe head injury and succumbed to his wounds on the spot, while an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Madad Hussain of Chak 429-GB and van driver Ashraf sustained injuries.

Published in Dawn, November 25th, 2021