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A video of law enforcement officials, who had been martyred in an assault by dacoits in Punjab’s Rahim Yar Khan, is circulating on social media.
In the video, the officers are seen discussing the potential for their martyrdom shortly earlier than the assault.
The video, which circulated on numerous social media platforms, was recorded moments earlier than the officers had been killed in a rocket assault by dacoits within the kacha space.
In the footage, one officer is heard jokingly telling his colleague “Abrar, right here take this rifle, it appears our final moments have arrived,” hinting at the potential for being martyred.
The officers, who had been on their technique to carry out their duties within the kacha space, are additionally heard saying that the place they’re headed to space which is so harmful that “nobody would dare go there even in daylight”.
It is noteworthy that the constable seen within the video, Abrar, was severely injured within the rocket assault by the dacoits final night time.
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 came about within the riverine kacha space, resulted within the martyrdom of 12 law enforcement officials.
The area, infamous for its organised felony 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 mentioned round two dozen police personnel had been deployed at Machka Camp 2 within the riverine space.
They had been returning to Rahim Yar Khan in two police cell vans for weekly vacation when considered one of their automobiles broke down as a consequence of stagnant floodwater within the space.
Seeing policemen trapped within the rainwater, the riverine dacoits fired rockets on the police social gathering, leaving 15 of them useless. Two policemen sustained accidents within the assault whereas 4 had 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.
The assault, which focused two police automobiles in Machhka, resulted within the martyrdom of 12 officers.
