Nine bandits killed during operation: police

SHIKARPUR: Shikarpur district police with the support of the Rangers and the Army have started a long-term operation in Garhi Tegho Katcha areas to eliminate the network of bandits and other criminals. 

At a briefing to the media during a joint visit of the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Larkana and journalists of the Katcha areas of Garhi Teghani, the DIG, Abdullah Shaikh, claimed that during the operation about nine bandits were killed and 11 others injured.  Four other bandits were also arrested in the Katcha areas whose names were not disclosed. 

The DIG also said that during the first phase of the operation in the Katcha areas, more than 50 houses and hideouts of the bandits in Belo Teghani, Sonaro Teghani, Yaqoob Teghani and other Katcha areas were set on fire and destroyed. 

He also said that the bodies of the bandits could not be recovered by the police from the place of firing because the other bandits succeeded in shifting them while gaining the benefit of the dense forest.