Police Say Nine Suspects Killed in Overnight Crime Control Raids in Punjab

Overview

• Authorities reported three encounters overnight involving the Crime Control Department in Faisalabad and Chiniot, with nine suspects dead and bodies sent to Allied Hospital for post-mortem.
• In Rashidabad near the Samundri Canal Bridge, police said a gunfight lasting about 20 minutes ended with four men wounded who died while being taken to hospital.
• Near Chak No. 63-GB, officers said two suspects were shot during an arrest attempt, taken into custody, and died on the way to medical care.
• On Chiniot’s Saar Muradwala Road, a CCD team reported killing three suspected robbers identified as Ali Hamza, Naveed Abbas, and Ghulam Raza.
• Police said the dead were wanted in multiple cases across districts, reported seizing weapons and two stolen motorcycles, noted that several accomplices escaped, and said investigations are under way.