DADU, Feb 4: Armed men broke the pipeline of Parco to pilfer oil near Sindhi Butra village in the jurisdiction of Thariri Mohabbat police on Sunday but escaped leaving behind their equipment when they saw a police contingent.

The police seized 600 litres of petrol, tractor, oil tanker and other instruments.

A case was also registered under section, 324, 353, 379, and 411 PPC against 10 accused including Azizullah, Kalimaullah, Habibullah Chandio, Waris Chandio, Sangi Chandio, Kirar Khan Lashari, Khamiso Chandio and Allah ditto Kalhoro.

ASSAULT: A 13-year-old girl was criminally assaulted by some influential people in Joya village near Kakar town on Saturday.

The girl’s father Dodo Chang, told newsmen at Kakar on Sunday that four accused Riaz Chang, Asghar, Yaseen, and Amir raped her daughter Allah Bachai Chang and then threw her at the door of the house.

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