SHIKARPUR: One policeman was martyred and a bandit was also killed in an encounter took place at Abidal Shaakh, in the limits of Hamayoon Police Station, some 30km off from here, on Thursday morning. According to police, two cops, riding on their motorcycle, were on their patrolling duty when they saw that two armed dacoits riding on their motorcycle were going to opposite direction, they signaled to stop them, but armed dacoits opened indiscriminate firing on cops, which resulting, one police cop identified as Imam Ali son of Pathan Khan Jatoi was martyred on the spot, on retaliation, one dacoit, later identified in hospital as Ali Sher son of Shahnawaz aka Shanoo by caste Marfani, resident of Pathan Waah, near Jagan Town was also killed and his other accomplice received bullet wounds, but managed to escape form place of crime. Following on information, SSP Shikarpur Zeeshan Siddique rushed on the spot and examined the crime scene and transported the body of martyred police cop and dacoit to Civil Hospital Shikarpur for post-mortem examination. After conducting post-mortem examination the funeral prayers of martyred police cop was offered at Police Headquarters Shikarpur at afternoon, in which Deputy Commissioner Shikarpur Syed Hassan Raza, SSP Shikarpur, and other notables of the city participated. According to SHO Hamayoon, Noor Muhammad Jakhro that the killed dacoit was wanted by police in several heinous cases including murders, dacoities and other offenses and he was also a proclaimed offender, SHO claimed. While Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Police Larkana was not present at funeral prayers and no any announcement was made by police department yet for martyred police constable. The body of killed dacoit handed over to his heirs after conducting post-mortem examination from Civil Hospital Shikarpur. Speaking to this scriber Pervaiz Mithani, the PSO SSP Shikarpur said that raids are being conducted by police to arrest escaped dacoit and his other accomplices. A case has yet to be registered.