Thousands of citizens took out a peace procession and staged a sit-in at Ghantaghar Chowk in Kandhkot town on the second consecutive day in protest against police’s failure to recover the hostages, including several members of the minority Hindu community in Pakistan’s Sukkur, Dawn reported
Delhi's Patiala House Court dismissed the bail application of a man accused of doing recce of the area before the sensational Pragati Maidan Tunnel gunpoint robbery of Rs 50 lakh from a businessman in June.
Odisha Police on Monday arrested the main accused involved in the loot of cash and gold worth Rs 49 lakh from Union Bank at Chandaneswar on April 26, said an official.
The Dwarka District Court dismissed the bail plea in view of the seriousness and gravity of the alleged offence. The court also said that the Delhi police has not invoked sections related to dacoity as one of the accused is a police constable.
The incident happened in the early hours of Friday within Kashmore police limits. Moreover, the statements from Kashmore and Rahim Yar Khan district police officials disputed each other's claims on who led the operation, the place of alleged encounter, number of dacoits gunned down as well a
In Kashmore, the assailants attacked the temple and the adjoining homes belonging to Hindus under the jurisdiction of the Ghouspur police station. They fired indiscriminately at the temples and homes. After the firing noise, a police unit led by Kashmore-Kandhkot SSP Irfan Sammo reached the
The deceased was identified as 27-year-old Muhammed Gufran, a criminal wanted for multiple cases of murder and dacoity in Pratapgarh and Sultanpur districts for many years. Police had placed a reward of Rs 1,25,000 lakh for his capture.
According to details, the dacoits were fleeing after looting a man near Abdullah college North Nazimabad but police killed both of them in the encounter.
Sikandar G. Soomro writes for Pahenji Akhbar that, on one hand, while government and non-government bodies make peoples' lives hell, on the other hand, criminals and dacoits are adding to the problems of people from Sindh.
Delhi's Karkardooma Court on Tuesday discharged five persons accused of committing the offences of arson, dacoity and other offences during North East Delhi riots of 2020.