HYDERABAD: Khadim Hussain Rind, deputy inspector general of Sindh Police, said on Tuesday that the three suspected bank robbers, who were killed in a police encounter after a robbery on July 22, had links with those involved in the Quetta attacks. The phone call records of the dead suspects showed that they had been tasked with targeting Hindu, Shia and other vulnerable communities, Rind said at the launch of the ABAD 15 Madadgar Helpline. “They used to send the looted money and snatched mobile phones to Quetta,” he claimed. He said that terrorists had even planned to attack Hyderabad police. “The police continue to be a target of the terrorists,” he added. Talking about the helpline, an initiative of non-government organisation ABAD aimed at helping women victims of violence, Rind said that police would extend full cooperation to the helpline. The helpline has been set up on the premises of the office of the 15 Helpline of the police in Hyderabad. Speaking on the occasion, ABAD Executive Director Rafia Bangash said the helpline would provide legal aid, counseling and referral services to women.