SHIKARPUR, Aug 8: A bandit Gul Hassan Brohi who carried head money of Rs500,000 surrendered to police at Khanpur police station on Monday.

Shikarpur SP Junaid Ahmed Shaikh told reporters that the bandit was wanted by police in more than 37 cases of kidnapping for ransom, murder, highway robberies, police encounters and other heinous offences.

He said that five more dacoits and several har- dened criminals had been arrested from different parts of the district after encounters.