TOBA TEK SINGH: Four arrested suspects who were allegedly involved in a robbery-cum-rape case were killed in a shooting in Faisalabad.

The police spokesperson claimed that Nishatabad police were transporting the suspects for recovery of looted valuables on their indication. He said when the police van reached near Sem Nullah Bridge in Ghulam the Muhammadabad area, seven accomplices of the suspects on four motorcycles attacked the van with firearms and the attack was retaliated.

Extra force was also called from Chak Jhumra and Ghulam Muhammadabad police stations along with Elite and Dolphin police squads. When firing stopped, police found all four suspects, who were in custody, injured while the unknown attackers fled. Surprisingly, no policeman was injured in the attack. All the injured suspects were shifted to Allied Hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.

The spokesman said the suspects had received bullets fired by their own accomplices. He identified the suspects as Qasim Ali of Chiniot and Muhammad Islam, Zahid Zaidi and Muhammad Naveed of Chak 217-RB, alleging that they were involved in several robbery cases.

Sources revealed that the suspects had gang-raped a newly married girl during robbery in September in the Nishatabad area.

Source: Dawn