QUETTA: Two policemen were martyred and a senior officer was injured during a heavy exchange of fire with a gang of dacoits in Dalbandin area of Cha­gai district on Thursday.

One dacoit was also killed and another arrested during the police action.

Officials said that the area police had rece­i­ved inf­ormation about the pre­sence of dacoits in a house. A police team, hea­ded by DSP Abid Sherazi, cordoned off the area and launched an operation against the dacoits. Seeing the police, the dacoits opened fire on personnel.

During the heavy exch­ange of fire, three police personnel were injured while a dacoit was killed and another was arrested.

Police shifted the inju­red police personnel, incl­u­ding DSP Abid Sherazi, to district hospital. Two police personnel identif­ied as Baloch and Safeer died.

They had suffered multiple bullet injuries during the exchange of fire with dacoits.

The Deputy Superinten­dent of Police, Dalbandin, Abid Sherazi, was admitted to hospital. The body of the suspected dacoit was shifted to a hospital while the other suspect, arrested during the operation, was handed over to police.

“Both dacoits were involved in highway robberies and they were wanted by police in several such cases,” a senior police officer said, adding that further investigation is under way.

He said that police are continuing the search operation in the area.

Published in Dawn, May 16th, 2025