SUKKUR: Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested three “wanted dacoits” after alleged encounters at different areas of district Sukkur.

A police spokesperson said that on the directive of SSP-Sukkur Singhar Malik police set up check posts at main entrances to the district.

He said that the encounters took place in the Golimar, Rohri, and Panu Aqil arees. He said that police were busy in searching vehicles and the suspects resorted to firing in a bid to escape. Police returned fire and arrested the three suspects in wounded condition.

The spokesperson said that the police recovered weapons, stolen motorcycles and other valuable from their custody.

The suspected dacoits were identified as Zubair Meerani, Salman and Baban Jaffri. They were booked in several cases pertaining to motorbike snatching, robberies, thefts, dacoities and encounter with police, said the police spokesperson.

Published in Dawn, July 25th, 2022