SUKKUR, Feb 20: Two people were killed and a man was injured in an exchange of fire between police and robbers on the station road here on Sunday. Five armed men identified as Akhter Indhar, Akbar Gadani, Imtiaz Gadani, Ajmal Shaikh and Nazeer Kandhro allegedly entered an auto parts shop and tried to rob the owner and customers. When they met resistance, they opened fire killing a boy, Atique-ur-Rehman Rind, who was sitting outside the shop.

A police party reached the place, cordoned off the area and asked robbers to surrender. But the outlaws opened fire on police.

Police returned fire, killing Ajmal Shaikh. His accomplices tried to escape, but police captured Nazeer Kandhro. The three others escaped with Rs30,000 cash and some mobile phones.

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