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| Suspected robber killed in police 'encounter' |
| 2014-05-22 |
| [DAWN] A suspected robber who along with his two accomplices robbed a female university student, hijacked a car and then escaped after injuring a policeman on Tuesday morning was rubbed out during what the police claimed to be an encounter in the evening. Police said the gunnies riding a cycle of violence intercepted three female students of the Arid Agriculture University on Double Road. The robbers snatched a laptop from one of the students and tried to escape towards Islamabad. However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... on I.J. Principal Road, their bike broke down after which they stopped a car at gunpoint and forced the driver to take them towards Faizabad. One of the labourers working on the metro bus project on Ninth Avenue saw the robbers hijacking the Honda car along with its driver and heading towards Faizabad. The labourer rushed towards the Faizabad checkpost manned by the Rawalpindi and Islamabad police on his cycle of violence and informed them about the robbers and the registration number of the hijacked car. The coppers took position and within minutes the hijacked car reached the picket. When the officials signaled the car to stop, the robbers opened fire injuring one of the coppers. In the meantime, the owner of the car and the three robbers ran towards the Faizabad bus terminal on foot leaving the car behind. Sources in the police told Dawn that the suspect, who the police claimed was killed in the encounter in the evening, had been jugged Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! by the Rawalpindi police after he shot and injured the policeman at the Faizabad checkpost. However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... his two accomplices escaped. |
| Posted by:Fred |