At least 10 dacoits were killed in police encounters in Lahore, Sadiqabad and Toba Tek Singh on Monday.
According to the police, CIA Civil Lines police had brought accused Ateeq alias Bilo to the residence of Chaudhary Abid in Islampura for identification when his accomplices opened fire. During the retaliatory fire, four accused were killed by the policemen. The police claimed that they were all wanted in kidnapping for ransom. The alleged robbers killed included Zahid alias Raju, Altaf and Sadiq. Police also confiscated a huge cache of arms from their custody.
Meanwhile, in Sadiqabad five dacoits were killed in an encounter after they escaped from police custody in Ahmedpur Lama. DSP Sohail Zafar Chatta said the dacoits fled from police station Tabbasam Shaheed last night and the police teams were searching for them. At Ahmadpur
