KHUSHAB: A notorious criminal was killed in exchange of fire with police while his cohort managed to escape here on Saturday.
The police on a tip-off initiated an operation against the wanted criminals in Katha Dhak locality of Khushab. The culprits, taking shelter in the area, started firing at the police team which led to an encounter.
In retaliatory firing of police, a criminal wanted by police in dozen of cases of serious crimes was killed while his accomplice managed to flee the scene. The body of the deceased was shifted to a hospital for postmortem.