Four alleged dacoits killed in police encounters.

LAHORE -- In different alleged police encounters in Dera Ismail Khan, Sialkot, Sukkur and Hyderabad, four dacoits were killed and two others were arrested in injured condition. Besides this, an in-charge of a police station was also sustained injuries in an encounter in Sukkur and a shopkeeper in Sialkot was hurt by the firing of muggers on Tuesday. In Dera Ismail Khan, a proclaimed offender was allegedly killed with the firing of police. According to sources, Proa police signaled a suspicious motorcyclist to stop at a police picket. But the rider opened fire on the cops. The police retaliated. As a result, the motorcyclist was killed. He was identified as Imtiaz alias Kalu Khan, r/o Proa.

Police said that Kalu Khan was a proclaimed offender, wanted in several incidents of theft and dacoity. Police also recovered weapons from the slain dacoit.

In Sialkot, some dacoits entered a mobile phones shop in Goharpur in the limits of Muradpur police station. They opened fire on the shopkeeper on offering resistance and injured him. One of the dacoits was also killed by the firing of his accomplices.

Police reached the venue and started investigation. In Sukkur, some dacoits were fleeing after committing robbery in the vicinity of Abad...