At least five robbers were killed in a police encounter in Sher Rabbani Colony in Kasur on Saturday.
According to police sources, the five accused dacoits wearing police uniform entered in a house of a local trader for robbery. The neighbour telephoned the police about presence of robbers in the house. On sight of the police, the robbers opened fire at the police party. In retaliation police gunned down all five robbers on the spot.
Police said that the robbers were involved in several robberies. The bodies were shifted to district headquarters hospital for medico-legal formalities.
