TOBA T EK SINGH: Five suspects were killed and one was arrested in injured condition in separate encounters with Crime Control Department (CCD) teams in Toba Tek Singh and Faisalabad districts on Monday night.
In one encounter, police claimed that three suspects standing near a suspicious van opened fire on a CCD patrolling team when they approached them near Adda Kohal Kalan on the Rajana Road in Pirmahal tehsil.
Police said that after a twoway exchange of fire, police found one suspect wounded by the ‘firing of his companions’, who had managed to flee. He was shifted to the Pirmahal THQ Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
He was identified asMuhammad Saeed Jat of Multan and the police impounded the van. Police claimed that 80kg of hashish was found in the vehicle, which the suspects intended to supply to local drug sellers.
In another encounter near the Toba-Khumawala Bypass Road, a CCD team confronted suspects who opened indiscriminate fire on the team. After the firing stopped, police claimed tohavefound one suspectdead by the ‘firing of his accomplices’ who managed to flee.
He was identified as Muhammad Shakil of Chak 327 JB, Bhalair, and was involved in supplying drugs to students. Police also claimed to have recovered a large quantity of narcotics from the scene.
In an encounter near Gojra, police claimed that after an exchange of fire between criminals and a CCD team, one suspect was found dead afterreceiving bullets fired by his three accomplices, who fled on motorcycles in the darkness of the night. He was identified as Shahryar Kharal of Kamalia and police claimed he was involved in three cases of sexual assault of minor girls.
In Faisalabad, police claimed that a drug pusher allegedly involved in supplying drugs to students was killed in an encounter with a CCD team near Pul Dangru.
Police claimed when a car was signalled to stop, its occupants opened fire and the team retaliated. After the firing stopped, police found one of them dead by the ‘firing of his accomplices’ who had managed to flee.
The deceased was identified as Tayyab Yousaf, a powerloom factory owner and a drug supplier. His car was taken into custody and police claimed to have found 20kg of opium and14kg of hashish from it.
Police said his brother, Waqas, was also a proclaimed offender in narcotic cases and raids were underway by the CCD to arrest him and his accomplices.
Police sources claimed that a CCD team, led by Circle Officer Siddiq Cheema, also raided the house of the deceased in Khayaban Garden and recovered 34kg of ice worth Rs250m.
Tayyab had set up a network of 40 boys to supply drugs to students, police claimed.
In a similar encounter with a CCD team, another drug dealer was allegedly killed near the canal bridge of Chak 449 GB in Samundri. Police claimed a car was signalled to stop but its occupants opened fire on the team, which was also returned in self defence.
Police claimed when the firing stopped, one car rider wasfound dead in the vehicle by the ‘firing of his accomplices’, who had managed to escape.
The deceased was identified as Tariq Zahoor of Sahiwal, and was an alleged notorious drug pusher. Hundreds of kilograms of narcotics were recovered from his impounded car, police claimed.
In another incident, police claimed that a CCD team, present on the Kamalia Bypass Road, was attacked by unidentified motorcycle riders. The team also returned fire and when the exchange ended, police claimed to have found one suspect injured by the ‘firing of his accomplices’, who had escaped. He was arrested and shifted to the Kamalia THQ Hospital.
Police identified him as Azeem Pahlwan of Gojra, an alleged extortionist and shooter, and he was wanted by the police of different areas.