SAHIWAL, May 3: A proclaimed offender was killed in an alleged encounter with the police near Chak 3/14-L here on Wednesday. Police claimed three bandits, who had looted the house of an advocate on Dec 25, 2005, had been declared as proclaimed offenders. Acting on a tip-off that POs were present at the land of Mubarik Ali Dogar, a police team raided there. Seeing law enforcers, the outlaws opened fire which was returned. The shootout that lasted for about an hour left a PO dead while his two other accomplices managed to escape. The dead PO was later identified as Muhammad Shafiq.

Kassowal police have registered a case while teams have been constituted to arrest the remaining accused.

ARRESTED: Police claimed to have arrested seven proclaimed offenders and eight absconders on Tuesday night during a general hold-up which was carried out on the orders of the DIG.