An uncle and his nephew were shot dead by armed dacoits during a robbery attempt in the limits of Kot Ghulam Muhammad police station early Friday. According to the police, a group of six unknown armed men in a Vigo vehicle entered the house of a brick kiln owner. When the owner, Haji Wakeel Khan (64) and his nephew, Niamat Khan (34) both tried to resist the robbery, the alleged bandits opened fire, killing them. The police launched a search operation and were able to arrest three of the dacoits along with the Vigo vehicle and the weapons used in the crime. However, three more suspects managed to escape. The bodies of the deceased have been shifted to the Taluk Hospital in Kot Ghulam Muhammad for an autopsy. The Deputy Commissioner of Mirpurkhas, Dr. Rasheed Masood Khan and the SSP of Umerkot, Asif Raza Balloch along with a large contingent of police reached the incident site to investigate the matter further.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan