SUKKUR: Sukkur police on Tuesday claimed to have gunned down two suspected dacoits, who had allegedly robbed a telecom firm’s cashier of Rs10 million in the city on Nov 18.

A press release issued by the office of DIG Police Sukkur Range said that the ‘dacoits’ identified later as Abdul Khaliq Solangi and Mukhtiar Solangi were killed during a shootout with police near Jagir More (turning) within the limits of Airport police station.

It said the ‘robbers’ had intercepted a car near Dua Chowk on Bandar Road and looted Rs10 million, a laptop and mobile phones from Mr Fahad, the cashier of a telecom firm and his driver on Nov 18. Eight dacoits in all took part in the robbery, it said.

It said that police had found weapons and a bagful of cash lying by the suspects’ dead bodies. Police would soon recover the rest of the robbed cash and arrest the remaining robbers, it added.

Published in Dawn, November 27th, 2024