KHAIRPUR: A gang of armed men killed two persons and abducted another in katcha area of Khairpur district.
Armed men attacked farmers working at agriculture land in Faiz Muhammad village in katcha area near Pir Jo Goth. The attackers shot dead two persons identified as Abdul Shakoor and Sanaullah. They also abducted another person and fled from the scene.
The katcha area of Khairpur district has also become insecure after Ghotki, Shikarpur and Kandhkot districts of Sindh owing to armed gangs operating in the area. “Police contingent has been dispatched to the place of the incident,” SSP Khairpur Zubair Nazeer Shaikh said. “We are trying to recover the hostage from the kidnappers,” he added.
The law-and-order situation of katcha area, the riverine forests along the banks of Indus River, is worsening with every passing day as the gangs of dacoits continue to abduct people for ransom, while the police department has failed to maintain law and order.
Punjab Home Secretary Noorul Amin Mengal says kidnap-for-ransom incidents have been controlled in the region and the robbers of Katcha area have now taken shelter in Sindh from where they are carrying out their activities.
He stated this during his visit to the Katcha areas of Bhong and Machka where he inspected under-construction police check posts on Friday. Bahawalpur Regional Police Officer Rai Babar Saeed and Commissioner Nadir Chattha, Rahim Yar Khan DPO Rizwan Umar Gondal and DC Khurram Parvez welcomed the home secretary. –Agencies
