SHIKARPUR, Nov 14: A group of 15 highwaymen, in police uniform, stopped buses and trucks on Shikarpur-Khanpur road some three kilometres from here on Thursday.

The bandits looted cash and valuables from the passengers and truck drivers on gunpoint and also opened fire on a truck (ATC- 848) when the driver, Attaullah Khan, tried to drive away, as a result of which, the truck driver was injured.