Fugitive drowns in canal in a bid to avoid arrest.

Byline: Tariq Saeed

TOBA TEK SINGH -- An alleged outlaw who belonged to Sialkot and was wanted by police of Toba Tek Singh and several other districts in dacoity, rape, kidnap for ransom and encounters with police allegedly ended his life by jumping into the Trimmu-Sidhnai Link Canal when police attempted to catch him by setting up a picket on Baghar bridge on the Jhang-Multan Road.

It happened on Sunday morning and his body was fished out from the gigantic canal after 36 hours on Monday evening. Police said his two accomplices who managed to escape died in an encounter with Vehari police in early hours of Tuesday.

According to a police official, Habib, a resident of Uggoki (Sialkot), headed an inter-district gang of criminals. He stayed for several months at Pirmahal's UK Garden locality at the house of his relative Rana Muhammad Akmal Malangi.

Dawn approached Malangi who said when he learnt that Habib was involved in robberies and other crimes, he informed District Police Officer Waqas Shoaib Qureshi who formed six police teams to arrest him but he left Pirmahal and turned his (Malangi's) enemy.

Two accomplices killed in 'encounter'

Malangi added that first Habib attacked his house in UK Garden on July 30 and fired indiscriminately but luckily no one was hurt. The gangster fled when police came to the rescue of inmates. On Aug 10, he kidnapped Malangi's brother-in-law Rana Khalid Mahmood from Lahore.

Habib then attacked his house in Chak 665/6 GB near Pirmahal and kidnapped his maternal uncle Rana Abdul Majeed He wanted Malangi to transfer his house in...

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