Police arrest 2 dacoits after encounter

HYDERABAD - Nawabshah Police have arrested two dacoits after encounter while their other two accomplices managed to escape from the scene.
Senior Superintendent Police Ameer Saud Magsi told on Tuesday that the arrested dacoits, identified as Tariq Jatt and Mohsin Baloch, were wanted in cases of theft, dacoities and police encounters apart from score of heinous crimes registered against them. Police recovered unlicensed Repeater, cartridges and pistol rounds from their custody, he said. The SSP said that search operation was mounted in the entire area to arrest the fleecing dacoits. Police have started investigation and also collecting criminal record of dacoits from other districts, he informed.
Meanwhile. olice have arrested an alleged robber and a street criminal in separate operations while weapons and looted goods were also recovered from their possession. According to a police spokesman, a patrolling team of P.S Sakhi Pir arrested an accused Hasnain Sheikh and recovered a pistol with ammunition from him while his other accomplices escaped. In the preliminary investigation, the accused confessed for his involvement in various incidents, revealing his affiliation with an organized dacoit gang, the spokesperson said.

Similarly, Hussainabad police stopped and checked a suspected accused at Auto Bhan Road area and recovered a pistol and 20 mobile phones from his bag.
The arrested accused said during interrogation that he had recently stolen 20 mobile phones from the participants of a long march of a political party.
Police have registered cases against the arrested accused and started investigation.

 

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