Two dacoits were killed, an ASI and Constable sustained serious injuries during an encounter occurred between personnel of Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) and unidentified dacoits on Wednesday. According to details, PHP police received information Tuesday night that some unidentified dacoits were looting the commuters at Pull Kot Ismail on Faisalabad-Jhang road and depriving the people of their valuables.
On this, PHP team led by incharge Post Chak Bahadar Mazhar Abbas ASI immediately reached on the spot. Having seen the police vehicle, the dacoits opened fire at police and resultantly the ASI Mazhar Abbas and driver constable Javed Iqbal sustained serious injuries. The police also retaliated and killed an unidentified dacoit on the spot, besides seriously injuring another dacoit.
Two dacoits fled the spot taking benefit of darkness. Having received the information of the incident, SSP PHP Kamran Yousaf Malik, DSP Patrolling Chiniot and local police reached the spot and shifted the injured cops to Chenab Nagar Hospital for medical treatment. The dead and seriously injured dacoits were shifted to Allied Hospital in police custody. The injured dacoit also lost his life in the hospital. Later on, the injured police personnel were also shifted to Allied Hospital where their condition was reported as stable.
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