GUJRAT: Two suspects, who had killed the father of an official of the Crime Control Department (CCD), were killed in an alleged encounter in the Wazirabad Saddar police area on Tuesday.

A spokesman for Gujranwala police said two suspects, Muhammad Imran and Muhammad Yaseen, opened fire at the police picket. During the exchange of fire, both these suspects, who had a history of robbery cases, were killed allegedly by the firing of their own accomplices who managed to flee the scene.

The police alleged that the deceased were wanted in 55 cases of robbery in Gujranwala, Hafizabad, Jhang, Gujrat and other districts of Punjab whereas they had also killed the father of a CCD official.

Saddar Wazirabad police registered a case against the suspects and started investigation.

TOBA TEK SINGH: A suspect has been arrested in an injured condition after an encounter with a CCD team in Pirmahal tehsil.

According to police, the CCD team encountered two motorcycle-riding suspects while patrolling near Bypass Chowk outside Chak 673/14 GB. The suspects allegedly opened fire on seeing the police van and tried to escape; however, during the escape, their motorcycle hit a roadside watercourse bridge.

The police found one of the suspects, identified as Muhammad Nawaz, a resident of Chak 194 GB, Toba Tek Singh, in an injured condition while his accomplice had escaped. Nawaz was shifted to Pirmahal THQ Hospital for treatment.

The police said that the arrested suspect was wanted in the case of Saddar Kamalia police for injuring a citizen during a robbery. Published in Dawn, October 28th, 2026