Two rescued, two criminals arrested from Katcha area in Ghotki

SUKKUR: The Khairpur Police have rescued two abducted persons from the captivity of dacoits in the Katcha area of Ghotki.SSP Khairpur Malik Zaffar Iqbal said two men, identified as Muhammad Hassan Rajper and Bashir Majedano, residents of Gambat, were trapped through telephone calls, the caller pretending to be a female. They were kidnapped by the dacoits in the Katcha area of Ghotki last Monday. He said the dacoits had demanded Rs10 million ransom from the families of victims. Meanwhile, the police had devised a plan for the safe recovery of abducted persons. The SSP Khairpur said the police had identified the locations of dacoits and launched an operation in the Katcha area of Raavanti in Ghotki. He said the police had recovered two abducted persons after a brief encounter with the criminals, saying the police had also arrested two kidnappers. Meanwhile, the Sukkur Police claimed to have arrested a criminal in an injured condition after an encounter near the Railway Station Road in Sukkur, when he had been trying to mug the commuters. The SSP Khairpur said the wanted criminal, Ehsan Mahar, had been shifted to a local hospital for medico-legal formalities, saying the police had also recovered a TT pistol from his possession.