Alleged police encounters in the CCD and Crime Control Department have increased in Lahore city, as four alleged police encounters took place in Lahore city in a single night. During the encounters, six accused were allegedly killed by their own colleagues.
In Lahore, alleged encounters took place in Nishtar Colony, Green Town, Harbanspura, and near Ring Road within a few hours, in which six suspects were killed.
The CCD Model Town team was present in the Nishtar Colony area to arrest the accused. Four suspects riding a motorcycle opened fire on the police instead of stopping. In the exchange of fire, two suspects were killed by their accomplices. The deceased suspects were involved in theft, robbery, banditry, police encounters, murder, and attempted murder. In an alleged encounter in Green Town, a detained suspect was killed by his accomplices.
Three suspects were killed during an alleged police encounter at CCD Civil Lines in Lahore. CCD sources said that the suspects were snatching valuables from citizens near Ring Road. Seeing the police party, the suspects opened fire. Two suspects were killed in the crossfire, while two of their accomplices escaped.
The accused, Anas, was injured in an encounter with the CCD near the Railway Phatak (crossing) in Harbanspura. The police took the accused, Anas, to the hospital, but he could not survive. CCD officials say that the bodies of the four accused killed in the police encounters have been shifted to the mortuary for post-mortem.