
Police said one of the five robbers was hit by a bullet and died at the spot. Other four managed to flee. The dead robber was identified as Saeed Khan, a resident of Mardan.
In a complaint lodged with the police, Gujjar accused that the robbers wanted to break into a ‘dera’ of his son located next to his house. ‘His son was alerted by the dogs and thus saved from robbery’.
Police officials were sent to Mardan to ascertain the previous criminal record of the alleged robber and the whereabouts of his family. The body was sent to mortuary in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) hospital for autopsy.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 14th, 2011.
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