SUKKUR:Sukkur police on Thursday claimed to have killed a bandit in an encounter in Shah Belo.
The police said that the encounter took place with the bandits at Shah Belo, a dense forest area and a hideout of notorious bandits, and in the exchange of fire for some time, a bandit, Liaquat alias Eidan Jaffery, was killed. However, his accomplices managed to flee under the cover of firing. The dead criminal was a close aide of notorious bandit Muneer Misrani.
The police claimed that the killed bandit was wanted to the police in various heinous crime cases including kidnapping, looting and encounters. Further investigation was underway, they concluded.