LAKKI MARWAT: Four outlaws were killed, and a member of a chagha party (volunteers) also lost his life in separate encounters here on Friday night, the police said.
They said the encounters took place in the limits of Shaheed Haibat Ali Khan and Shahbazkhel police stations.
Shahbazkhel SHO Muzaffar Khan said he, along with a team, was on patrol in the area when he learned of outlaws on Samandar TitterkhelMasha Mansoor Road.
He said an additional force led by DSP Ghaznikhel Circle was called from the police lines, and law enforcers reached the Masha Mansoor area along with members of the chagha party.
‘Around six robbers opened fire on personnel and the Chagha party when they reached near them,’ he claimed. He said that a member of the Chagha party, identified as Iftikhar, sustained injuries in the firing and later succumbed to his wounds.
The SHO said that the police responded to the attack, triggering an exchange of fire that lasted for 20 minutes.
‘When the exchange of fire stopped, the police launched a search and found the bodies of two outlaws, identified by the Chagha party as Aftab and Bilawal,’ he said.
He said that the law enforcers also seized two AK-47 assault rifles and bullets from the spot and shifted the bodies to the District Headquarters Hospital.
‘The outlaws were wanted in various cases, including robbery, rape, attempted murder and attack on police,’ he added.
Separately, two outlaws were killed in an exchange of fire in the Darra Pezu town.
SHO Shafgatullah Khan said that the encounter took place in the Shaikh Badin Mountain, where a wanted outlaw and his accomplice were hiding.
He said that the armed men attacked the police team with assault rifles when it reached their hideout.
‘In the ensuing fire, the outlaws were neutralised and killed,’ he claimed.
He said that the police seized two Kalashnikovs, magazines and bullets from the spot and shifted the bodies to the hospital.
The official said that the slain outlaws were wanted by the police in various cases of robbery.