Five policemen have been abducted along with weapons by dacoits in the katcha area of Sindh’s Kandhkot, ARY News reported on Friday.
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KARACHI: Sindh Cabinet on Thursday approved funds for military-grade weapons to launch an anti-bandit operation in Katcha area, ARY News reported.
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"Over 300 policemen taking part in the police drive in which six armored personnel carriers, rocket launchers and modern weapons being used," the official said.
Police chiefs of Shikarpur, Kashmore, Ghotki and Sukkur districts Tanvir Tunio, Irfan Sammo, Amjad Shaikh and Umar Tufail are based in the katcha area to supervise the operation against bandits, police sources said.
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has summoned a high-level meeting in Shikarpur today to review the law and order situation after incidents of lawlessness in katcha area
Provincial minister Mir Shabbir Bijarani has stated that the military troops and the Rangers personnel will launch an operation against bandits in katcha area along with the Sindh police.
Khairpur SSP Ameer Saud Magsi has told the media that police has launched an operation against a gang of bandits in A.R. Unar police station jurisdiction in katcha area.
SSP Sukkur Irfan Sammo has said that the police force has cordoned off a safe place of Sardar Tegho Khan Teghani, an influential local landlord and tribal leader in the riverine area.
The decision has been taken to launch an operation in katcha area (riverine forests along Indus River) in view of the rising incidents of kidnapping, spokesman of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said.
Intense exchange of fire between policemen and bandits started this morning. Policemen fighting with bandits in the difficult terrain have advanced with their armored carrier near the hideout of dacoits, police sources said.
RAHIM YAR KHAN: Police and paramilitary forces on Monday killed three more bandits in the ongoing Operation Zarb-e-Aahan in Katcha area near Rahim Yar Khan and Rojhan, ARY News reported.
SUKKUR: Leaving imprints of devastation in Punjab, River Indus with furious flood has entered in Sindh submerging vast tracts of Katcha area along the river, ARY News reported on Wednesday.
LAHORE: River Indus has been flowing at high flood along Taunsa Barrage as the people of the Katcha area have been warned to observe caution in view of flooding in the river, ARY News reported on Monday.
GHOTKI: Paramilitary Rangers have taken command of the operation against bandits in Katcha area of Ghotki district in northern part of Sindh, ARY News reported on Friday.