THATTA, April 30 Bandits abducted three traders and two watchmen on Thursday from Belo town located along the right bank of River Indus.

Ramesh Kumar, Naresh Kumar and Khemchand, wholesale traders, were asleep as some half a dozen outlaws believed to be members of dacoit Laug Soorjo kidnapped all three traders and their watchmen Mithu Mallah and Chanro on gunpoint.

Dacoits disappeared in Khadi forest. Police reached the scene after six hours. Tension prevailed in the area and no clue was found till the filing of this report.

Crime graph is rising rapidly since last one and half months with police remaining a silent spectator.

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