Three Katcha dacoits killed in Khairpur

SUKKUR: The Khairpur Police on Friday shot dead three criminals in the Katcha area and recovered weapons from their possession.

SSP Khairpur Zafar Iqbal Malik said the police, on a tip-off, found a gang of criminals in the limits of Baradi Jatoi Police Station in the Katcha area of Khairpur, who opened fire at the police party. He said the police retaliated and in an exchange of fire, three criminals were killed, while two Kalashnikovs and a repeater rifle were also recovered from their possession. The police shifted the bodies to a local hospital for medico-legal formalities. The deceased were identified as Waqar Solangi, Ali Dino Abro and Dhani Bakhsh Abro. The police official said all the three deceased were wanted criminals in different criminal cases and were proclaimed offenders.