It is reported that Mian Abdul Rauf Wattoo was going to home after attending a court in Deepalpur. Police were informed who chased them. The dacoits opened fire at police near Phoolan Toli village. After an hour's shootout, two of the dacoits were injured and the rest escaped. The injured dacoits were arrested and identified as Azhar and Mazhar.
Further investigations are under way.
It is reported that Arif Baloch had an enmity with Hassan Khan. They severely beat up Arif and later strangled him. Police have registered the case on the report of the relatives of Arif. The widow of an armyman was defrauded of Rs500,000 by her father and brothers. It was learnt that Irshad Bibi's husband, Muhammad Fazil of the Sindh Regiment, was martyred few years ago during a peacekeeping mission in Somalia.