RAWALPINDI - The most wanted dacoits were shot dead in an encounter with police in Fauji Colony, the jurisdiction of Police Station (PS) Pirwadhai, informed a police spokesman on Thursday. The dacoits, identified as Javed alias Jeeda, Fazal Rehman aka Parchona and Izat Ullah, were involved in a series of street crimes in areas of Fauji Colony, Hazara Colony, Taxila, Saddar Wah and other parts of city, he added. However, two others dacoits managed to flee from the scene while taking advantage of darkness. According to sources, police, on a tip off, carried out a raid in Fauji Colony to bust the notorious Jeeda Dacoit Gang. Seeing the police party, the dacoits opened indiscriminate firing on cops, he said adding that police reteliated and three dacoits were killed.

Source: The Nation December 15, 2023 06:04 UTC