FAISALABAD: Two suspected robbers were killed in separate ‘encounters’ with the Crime Control Department (CCD), while three alleged members of a gang, including an injured suspect, were arrested.
According to police, CCD personnel attempted to stop some suspicious motorcyclists near Chak 473-GB, Bejapur, in the Samundri area.The suspects allegedly opened fire and fled, prompting the police team to chase them. During an exchange of fire, two suspects sustained bullet injuries while their accomplices managed to escape. The injured suspects, identified as Shakeel Iqbal, a resident of Chak 63-GB, Sadar Jaranwala, and Asif Iqbal, a resident of Karamatabad, Satiana Road, were shifted to a hospital, where they later died.
In another alleged encounter near Chak 63-JB within the jurisdiction of Thekriwala police, a suspected robber, Zulqarnain, was injured.Police arrested Zulqarnain along with two alleged accomplices, Zain and Bilal, and registered separate cases against them.
THREE KILLED, TWO INJURED IN ROAD ACCIDENTS: Three people were killed while two brothers sustained injuries in three separate road accidents here on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Muhammad Ghafoor, son of Muhammad Ali, a resident of Shorkot.
