LARKANA: Larkana police on Tuesday claimed to have gunned down a gangster, Nadir Lashari, in an encounter with a gang with in the jurisdiction of the Vehar police station.

They claimed that a patrolling party came across the armed gang of five dacoits near Pir Moosa and challenged it. In the ensuing encounter, Nadir Lashari was shot dead and his four associates managed to escaped, they added.

He was wanted by the police in various criminal cases registered against him at the Larkana, Jacobabad and other police stations, they said.

Published in Dawn, January 20th, 2021