LAKKI MARWAT: A murderer-cum-extortionist was killed in a shootout with police in Kot Kashmir area here on Thursday.
A police official said after receiving credible information about presence of a proclaimed offender, Kaliullah, at his hideout in the rural locality, DPO Mohammad Jawad Ishaq dispatched a police party.
He said as the cops laid a siege around the hideout, the opened fire.
`In the ensuing gun battle, the accused was killed and later his body was found during search,` he claimed, adding an AK 47 assault rifle, three magazines and bullets were seized from the hideout.
The official said that the outlaw was wanted by police in murder, attempted murder, extortion and other cases of heinous nature.