HYDERABAD: Police claimed to have killed a dacoit, who was allegedly involved in the kidnapping of mango trader, Hassan Nasir Nizamani, in an encounter in the jurisdiction of Rahuki police station on Friday.

Police officials said that the dacoit was identified as Wahab Veesar, who was prime accused along with Ikhtiar Jatoi in Nizamani’s kidnapping. An encounter took place between police and dacoits in the limits of Rahuki police station after a police party led by SHO of A-Section police station Naik Mohammad Khoso engaged dacoits and managed to arrest one outlaw, Abdul Qadir Siyal while killing Wahab Veesar, they said.

They said that Veesar had played an important role in the kidnapping of Nizamani and he was the one who had killed Nizamani on Oct 24 in Shikarpur’s Garhi Yasin taluka. He was wanted in several other cases of heinous crimes including kidnapping for ransom lodged with police stations in other districts. Hyderabad police had also recommended Rs5million as head money for Veesar, they said.

Published in Dawn, November 9th, 2024