SUKKUR: Armed dacoits attacked a police check-post, killed a policeman and took away at gunpoint two police officials to riverine area of Ghotki-Kashmore district after Ghotki police shot dead an outlaw at around 10am to 11am on Wednesday.

According to reports reaching here, Ghotki police killed the dacoit identified as Amanullah aka Amanu Sundarani in an encounter within the limits of the Kaccho Bhindi-I police station.

Sources said the killed outlaw was the resident of Panjal Sundari village in the riverine of Kashmore district. Police had shifted the body to the Civil Hospital of Ghotki for a post-mortem.

The sources said that almost two hours after the incident, a large number of armed outlaws attacked the OGDCL Checkpoint No. 5 at Aandal Sundarani police station in Ghotki sistrict.

They fired indiscriminately, killed Shah Ali Sial and took away two other police officials identified as Qaisar Kalhoro and Muhammad Khan Gabol at gunpoint across the river to the riverine area.

They said the body of the martyred police official had also been shifted to the civil hospital for a post-mortem.

They that till filing of this report, no one had claimed the body of the dacoit.

The sources said that additional police force drawn from different police stations had been dispatched to the Aandal Sundrani police station area to rescue the kidnapped officials.Ghotki police have issued a press release stating that the SHO of Kaccho Bhindi-I police station had learnt from his sources that some dacoits were about to attack the police check-post.

The SHO, along with a heavy police force, reached the check post and took positions. After sometime, dacoits riding motorcycles opened fire at the police officials and when they retaliated the attack, a dacoit died and one of his accomplices received injuries. The outlaws took away the injured man to the katcha area.

Burial

The martyred policeman was laid to rest in his native village of Khan Sial in Ghotki after funeral prayers attended by the high police officials.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2024