DADU: Constable dies in clash

Published April 7, 2007

DADU, April 6: A police head constable Qalandar Bux Gopang was killed and his brother-in-law, head constable Sultan Gopang received injuries in an armed clash between two groups of Gopang in Qasimabad Village near Dadu on Friday. Two rival groups clashed over an old enmity and exchanged fire as a result of which Qalandar Bux died instantly while Sultan Gopang was injured and admitted to Civil Hospital.

Injured Sultan Gopang told journalists that Dodo Gopang, accountant of SP investigation Dadu, and his armed supporters attacked them over an old enmity.

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