Sindh Mines and Minerals Minister Mir Shabbir Ali Bijarani said the Sindh chief minister had granted permission for military operation against criminal gangs in the kutcha area of Shikarpur. Photo courtesy Sindh Assembly website
KARACHI: The Sindh government on Monday has agreed to launch a grand operation against criminals in Shikarpur’s katcha area with the assistance of military and Rangers.
This was revealed by Sindh Minister for Mines and Minerals Mir Shabbir Bijarani in a statement.
“The military troops and Rangers personnel will launch an operation against bandits in katcha area along with the Sindh police,” the statement said.
May 23, 2021
SHIKARPUR: At least eleven casualties, including three coppers and a photographer, have been reported as the police-led operation against Kandhkot gangs’ siege comes to an end on Sunday, ARY News reported citing Shikarpur Senior Superintendent of Police.
Confirming the developments on the clash, SSP Shikarpur Ameer Saud said the personnel were martyred in the fight to maintain law and order in the area while eight to -12 of the alleged gangster were executed in exchange of fire.
SSP Saud said one of the alleged gangsters has been arrested as well.
Earlier today on the operation, it was reported that a rocket attack on a police armored vehicle in the Garhi Tegho area of Khanpur Tehsil by a group of alleged dacoits left at least two personnel and a media person dead and six with injuries.
May 23, 2021
SHIKARPUR: A rocket attack on a police armoured vehicle in the Garhi Tegho area of Khanpur Tehsil by a group of alleged dacoits has Sunday left at least three personnel dead and six with injuries, ARY News reported.
The attack on the police vehicle came amid an ongoing operation against the bandit group’s seige of uninhabited Katcha area where police fought off the alleged bandits’ footprint in the area.
The personnel who died in the sudden rocket strike have been identified by local police as Munawwar Jatoi, Saeed Mehar and Hafeez Shaikh.
On the other hand, casualties are suspected on the other side as well after the police’s operation.