SAHIWAL: The Farid Town Police booked a man for allegedly running a bear dance show near a private resort located on the Madhali Road.
According to reports, local wildlife officials received a video circulating on social media showing a man making a black bear dance before an audience and collecting money. Rangers traced the location to Iris Resort, which includes a small zoo for public entertainment. The resort is owned by former tehsil nazim and PTI runner up candidate from NA-143 Rana Amir Shahzad.
However, when the wildlife personnel raided the site, both the bear and its handler had disappeared and police were conductingraidstoarrest the suspect.
The case was registered on the complaint of Senior Wildlife Ranger Muhammad Zahid, who told Dawn that the said animal comes under Schedule III of The Wildlife Act.
ENCOUNTER: An alleged outlaw who was injured in an encounter with the CCD on Wednesday night died at the Sahiwal Teaching Hospital on Friday.
Police had claimed that a CCD mobile squad intercepted three outlaws, who had set up a makeshift check post near the LowerBari Doab Canal in village 137/9-L, and were looting villagers. Police claimed that on seeing the police van, the suspects opened fire and the police retaliated. The dacoits fled into nearby fields while CCD Constable Muhammad Ramzan was struck by a bullet but remained unharmed due to a bulletproof jacket.
Later, police claimed to have arrested one suspect, identified as Karamat alias Kami, a resident of Noor Shah, while his accomplices Khalid alias Khaldi and Azhar alias Azhri escaped under the cover of darkness.
Rescue 1122 shifted the injured suspect to the Sahiwal Teaching Hospitalwhere he died on Thursday night. A case was already registered on the complaint of Inspector Muhammad Maqsood of Sahiwal CCD.
In another encounter, a suspect was killed in an alleged encounter with the CCDnearNoor Shah on Thursday night.
Police claimed that three suspects opened fire on the police van, prompting retaliation.
The exchange lasted for about 10 minutes and the CCD claimed to have later found the dead body of a dacoit identified as Shahbaz Alias Shabazi.
The CCD claimed that two of his companions managed to escape and a case had been registered on the complaint of Inspector Muhammad Maqsood.