Grand Auto Theft: Robbers shoot man dead

SUKKUR: One person died while two others were injured by armed robbers near the Thul bypass on Friday. According to sources, Altaf Hussain Sarki and his cousins Hakim and Farhan were on their way back to Thul on a motorcycle when three armed men intercepted them and tried to take their motorcycle. The men shot at the cousins and managed to escape. The police managed to arrest a robber identified as Ghulam Rasool Bhatti. They seized a pistol from him. The injured were taken to local hospital. Altaf Hussain Sarki was taken to Larkana hospital, where he died.

 Published in The Express Tribune, October 30^th, 2011.