2 POs, cop killed in Charsadda encounter

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CHARSADDA: Two proclaimed offenders were killed in Charsadda on Saturday. A policeman also lost his life in the encounter.

Mandi Police said that they had launched a search operation to arrest wanted criminals in Shodaag. “The criminals opened fire on the police personnel. ASI Khan Wali Shah received several gunshot wounds. In the retaliatory fire, the two POs were killed,” police said. ASI Shah later died at a hospital. The area was cordoned off after the incident.

The ASI’s body was taken to Police Lines Charsadda, where MNA Maulana Gohar Shah offered his funeral prayers. DIG Mardan Circle Alam Shinwari and other senior policemen also attended the funeral. Shah was then buried in his ancestral graveyard in Shabqadar.

Published in Daily Times, June 25th, 2017.

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