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The Punjab police introduced on Friday that the primary suspect behind the lethal rocket assault on police in Rahim Yar Khan’s Machka space has been killed in a retaliatory operation.
The assault, which passed off within the riverine katcha space, resulted within the martyrdom of 12 cops.
The area, infamous for its organised legal gangs, has lengthy been a hotspot for kidnap-for-ransom operations, with such gangs working within the riverine border areas of southern Sindh and central Punjab for many years.
The police sources stated round two dozen police personnel have been deployed at Machka Camp 2 within the riverine space. They have been returning to Rahim Yar Khan in two police cell vans for weekly vacation when considered one of their autos broke down because of stagnant floodwater within the space.
Seeing policemen trapped within the rainwater, the riverine dacoits fired rockets on the police occasion, leaving 15 of them useless. Two policemen sustained accidents within the assault whereas 4 have been lacking.
Punjab Inspector General Dr Usman Anwar confirmed to native media that each Punjab and Sindh police had launched a coordinated operation within the space, with 320 personnel from Punjab and extra forces from Sindh on the bottom.
In a put up on X, the Punjab police confirmed the demise of the primary suspect, Bashir Shar, in a retaliatory motion following the assault. “The fundamental suspect who led the assault on our officers, Bashir Shar, has met his destiny,” the police assertion learn. The operation additionally resulted in accidents to 5 of Shar’s accomplices: Sanaullah Shar, Gada Ali, Kamlu Shar, Ramzan Shar, and Gadi.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz directed IG Anwar and senior officers to supervise the operation in Rahim Yar Khan, whereas Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah instructed his provincial police chief to collaborate carefully with Punjab authorities and supply any essential help.
CM Maryam additionally ordered the Punjab residence secretary to provoke a right away operation within the Katcha areas, with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab main the hassle, in line with a press release from her occasion, PML-N.
The assault marks a extreme escalation in violence within the area, prompting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to name for “instant and efficient motion” towards these accountable.
