LARKANA: A private car carrying police personnel and the driver of Shahdadkot’s A-Section SHO came under an armed attack on Qubo road on Friday night. The policeman, constable Gada Hussain Shah, succumbed to his wounds on Saturday at the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH). The car driver’s condition was stated to be stable.

An FIR (No. 205.2024) lodged by ASI Mohammed Saffar Vesar on behalf of the state at the A-Section police station stated that four armed men riding two motorcycles crossed the car carrying a police patrol. “Suspecting something fishy, we chased them and put our car before their motorcycles with the intention to check them on Qubo road near the bus stand,” the complainant said, adding: “As soon as we disembarked, the suspects, later identified as Saddam Mengal and Dilbar Brohi, opened fire.” The ASI said that constable Gada Hussain and Sher Mohammed Jatoi, a private car driver of SHO A-section Akhtar Abro, were hit in the firing.

The fire was returned but the attackers sped away by firing into the air, the complainant stated.

The injured were immediately shifted to the Shahdadkot Taluka Hospital and later to the Chandka Medical College Hospital due to their precarious condition. Gada Hussain Shah died on Saturday during treatment at the CMCH, the complainant said.

Meanwhile, police have picked up some suspects for interrogation.

Published in Dawn, October 27th, 2024

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