Suspected murderers of Briton killed: police

The Rawalpindi police Friday claimed to have killed six dacoits, including four bandits who killed a British citizen of Pakistani origin, as a result of heavy cross-firing during two police encounters in the jurisdiction of Race Course and Morgah police stations.

According to a police spokesperson, in an important action in the case of the murder of a British citizen during a robbery three days ago, the police Thursday succeeded in killing four dacoits, all members of an inter-provincial gang who were involved in the incident.

According to details, the dacoits opened fire on the police party in the Race Course area late on Thursday night and during cross-firing, four were killed. The suspects had shot dead a citizen namely Tasaraf Mehmood on his return from the UK in the Race Course area.

The gang used police uniforms during the robbery incidents. Members of the inter-provincial gang were also involved in dacoits in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi.

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Rawalpindi City Police Officer Syed Khalid Hamdani had taken notice of the incident of the murder of a British citizen during a robbery and formed special teams to arrest the accused.

When the police party tried to stop the suspects, they started firing and as a result of heavy-cross firing, four robbers identified as Sajid alias Gutto, Hasan, Muhammad Ali alias Babio and Waseem were killed. Police recovered the victim’s laptop, bag and weapons used in different dacoities. Police uniforms were also recovered from the possession of the accused. The accused also committed a robbery with a citizen upon his return from Canada.

In another police encounter in the jurisdiction of Morgah police station, two dacoits who opened fire at the police party were killed and two managed to escape from the scene.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 13^th, 2024.