As per details, bandits launched an attack on a police checkpoint in the kitchen area of Gaddpur near Pano Aqil, resulting in the martyrdom of a cop and injuries to others.
The assailants fled the scene after the attack. A heavy contingent of police has been deployed to pursue the fleeing bandits.
The body of the martyred officer has been sent for postmortem, while the injured officer is receiving medical treatment at the Taluka Hospital in Pano Aqil.
Earlier this year, a gang of bandits attacked a police post killed a policeman, and injured two others.
Bandits attacked over Ghelpur police check post in Kandhkot, killed a policeman, and injured two others in an exchange of fire, police officials said.
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The body of the martyred policeman and two injured cops were shifted to Kashmore Hospital, officials said.
Police have cordoned off the area and called more contingents of the force in the area.
Recently a man was abducted and cold-bloodedly murdered by dacoits in Shikarpur district’s Khanpur taluka.
According to police, Iqbal Napur, a nephew of local landlord Raees Karim Bux Napur, was taken hostage by a gang of bandits from an agricultural farm in Napur Kot police remit.
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