SAHIWAL / TOBA TEK SINGH: Police claimed an outlaw, who had injured a cop in Pakpattan on Wednesday night, was killed in an encounter on Thursday.
According to the police, on Wednesday night an encounter took place between the Pakpattan Crime Control Department (CCD) and Imdad alias Bagi, a notorious criminal wanted in more than two dozen cases, and another unidentified suspect.
Police claimed that during the crossfire, Constable Akmal sustained an injury to his left leg and was shifted to the Pakpattan DHQ Hospital for treatment.
CCD claimed suspect Imdad wasalso injured during the encounter, however, the two suspects had managed to escape under cover of darkness.
Following the incident, CCD cordoned off a 20km area and launched a search operation.
According to police sources, another exchange of fire occurred near Head Gurditta late on Thursday night. Subsequently, Imdad’s body was discovered in nearby field s.
CCD personnel shifted the suspect’s body to the DHQ Hospital Pakpattan for autopsy in tight security.
Police claimed the suspect had been directly nominated as the main accused in around six cases and CCD officials had been tracking him for weeks. In another inci-dent, an alleged robber was killed in an encounter with the police in Jhang late on Thursday night.
A police spokesperson claimed that a Garh Maharaja police team was on patrol when it signalled two suspects riding a motorcycle to stop near Kot Mapal locality.
Instead, the spokesperson claimed the suspects opened fire on policemen, which was returned.
He claimed that when the firing stopped, police found one suspect dead by the ‘firing of his accomplice’, who had escaped.
The deceased suspect was identified as Safdar Abbas, who was involved in 23 robberies and motorcycle lifting cases and had been declared as a proclaimed offenderby a court.