KASUR: Phoolnagar Police took a suspect in custody in injured condition after a brief encounter near Gaga Saran on Sunday. Following a complaint of robbery, police claimed, they rushed to Adda Saran where the robbers opened indiscriminate fire on the policemen. The police retaliated and an exchange of firing started between them and the suspects. Later, police recovered a robber in injured condition while his four accomplices managed to escape. The wounded robber was identified as Sabir, a resident of Lahore. Police claimed that the injured robber was wanted in over a dozen cases of robbery in Phoolnagar, Sarai Mughal and Kot Radha Kishan police stations. Four injured robbers had been recovered in the last five days this week, following brief encounters while the number of such cases in the district crossed 40 in the last few months.
In all the cases, police claimed that the alleged robbers were shot at and injured by their own accomplices while trading firing with police. Interestingly, no policeman was injured so far. Police also released unblurred pictures of the suspects. Earlier on Wednesday, police claimed to have recovered two alleged robbers in an injured condition near Chunian bypass industrial area. Police claimed that the robbers were wanted in over 18 cases of robberies. Separately, police recovered an injured robber near village Talwandi, in the limits of the Allahabad Police Station. Responding to an increase in street crime and highway robberies, Kasur police launched a crackdown on gangs and busted over 100 of them, recovering booty worth Rs60m, including bikes, tractor-trolleys and cattle, from them.
(Daily Dawn)
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