LAHORE, July 18: Two constables of the Pakistan Railways Police were honoured on Wednesday for exhibiting bravery during an anti-encroachment operation at Imamia Colony last week.

Constables Muhammad Yousuf and Muhammad Rafi had on June 11 overpowered Asif, Shahid Ali, Ittefaq Hussain and Siddiq when they had opened fire at a PR party that had gone to retrieve more than five acres of railway land along the track from illegal occupants.

The constables also seized four Kalashnikovs (444-bore), a repeater gun (12-bore) and a gun (7-MM).

PR Police Inspector-General Syed Ibne Hussain called both Yousuf and Rafi in his office on Wednesday and gave Rs5,000 cash award with CC-I certificate to each constable.