Outlaw killed in exchange of fire with Dera police.

DERA ISMAIL KHAN -- A proclaimed offender was killed in an exchange of fire with the police in Parova here on Tuesday, an official said.

Dera police spokesman Yaqub Zulqarnain said that a team by Parova circle police was conducting snap checking when three outlaws fired on them. He said that the policemen retaliated to the fire, in which an assailant was killed. His two accomplices escaped, he added.

The killed outlaw was identified as Imtiaz of Parova, who was wanted by the police in several cases of robbery, theft and extortion, the police spokesman said. The police also recovered a 30-bore pistol, 39 cartridges and a motorcycle from him. He said the police had started a search for the two fleeing outlaws.

Meanwhile, district police officer Abdul Rauf Babar Qaisrani on Tuesday directed the authorities to formulate a comprehensive security plan, especially in remote areas of the district. He issued the directives during a visit to the checkposts in remote Chunda and Abba Shaheed areas in the limits of Yarik and Dera town police stations.

Mr Qaisrani also...

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