LAHORE / RAHIM YAR KHAN: Punjab Police claim to have secured the surrender of notorious criminal Munir alias Munni Kosh of the Kosh gang during a joint operation with the Military Intelligence.

The Punjab government had fixed a head money of Rs5 million on Munni Kosh.

A statement said that as a result of continuous pressure, effective strategy, and coordinated operations of law enforcement agencies, the accused was compelled to lay down arms and surrender to the law.

Rahim Yar Khan District Police Officer (DPO) Irfan Ali Samo said that during the Katcha operation so far, 65 dacoits had been killed, 99 arrested in injured condition, while 283 dacoits had surrendered.

He said that the operation would continue without interruption until the arrest or surrender of the last criminal in the Katcha area and the writ of the state would be ensured at all costs.

Published in Dawn, March 25th, 2026