'Wanted criminal' killed in 'encounter'.

GUJRAT -- Police claim to have killed a hardened criminal in an alleged shootout near Miana Gondal of Malakwal tehsil in Mandi Bahauddin in the wee hours of Sunday.

The suspected outlaw had earlier fled from police custody in Sarai Alamgir Saddar police precincts on Saturday night when his accomplices ambushed a police van to get him freed.

Asad Gujjar, the Gujrat police spokesman, claimed that police had arrested Yasir Gulzar of Khohaar village, who was wanted by the police in different heinous crime cases. The suspect was being taken to an area for recovery by Sarai Alamgir Saddar police when his accomplices ambushed the van near Gurha Jattan village along Rasul Road.

The assailants managed to get Yasir freed from custody and fled from the scene. Police lodged a case against the suspects under sections 324...

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