NAWABSHAH: A robber with head bounty of five hundred thousand rupees among two was killed while their five accomplices escaped after an encounter with police here on Monday.
The police regarding reports of presence of wanted criminals launched an operation in Reerh Shah locality in suburbs of Kazi Ahmad area of Nawabshah district. The criminals taking shelter in the area started firing at police party and tried to flee from the scene.
In retaliatory action of police, two robbers were killed and two pistols recovered from their possession. Their five accomplices managed to escape.
The killed robbers included Sohrab Phalpheto having head bounty of Rs5,00,000 and Ashiq Phalpheto.
The bodies of robbers killed in encounter were shifted to mortuary of hospital for postmortem. The police after registering a case into the incident started raids to arrest the fleeing robbers.
