DADU: A suspected robber was killed and two of his accomplices managed to escape after an encounter with police on Sheikh Daru link road here on Sunday.

Dadu SSP Irfan Ali Samoon said that the criminal who died in retaliatory fire by police could not be identified. Weapons and a motorcycle were found in the suspects` possession, he said.

He said the armed criminals who were standing at a deserted place on the road with the intention of committing a crime opened fire at a police patrolling party when it spotted them. Police returned the fire in which the unidentified criminal was killed while two of his accomplices escaped, he said.

He said that police were conducting operations in the nearby area to nab the fleeing robbers.