Police claim arresting criminal after encounter.

SUKKUR -- Police claimed to have arrested a criminal on Friday after injuring him in an encounter within the jurisdiction of Dubbar police station.

Police officials said that a police patrol party was passing through Jatoi Bagh area near Dubbar when a gang of criminals, who were hiding in the bushes, opened fire on the law-enforcers.

Police returned the fire and engaged in an encounter which lasted for half an hour. Finally, police succeeded in injuring a criminal identified as Aftab aka Rajib Mirani who was involved in heinous crimes, said the officials.

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