Dacoit killed, five arrested in Larkana gunbattle

Shahbaz Rangers in a press statement said that the rangers personnel conducted a raid in Mandhra village on an intelligence report which was resulted in a shootout between the law enforcement agency’s personnel and the outlaws.

The gunbattle between the dacoits and rangers continued for three hours during which notorious dacoit Mumtaz Junejo was killed, while his five accomplices were arrested.

Four klashnikovs, four rifles, a repeater and large quantity of rounds captured from the possession of the dacoits.

Mumtaz Junejo and his five accomplices were involved in murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping for ransom and other heinous crimes, the statement said .

The dead body of the slain dacoit has been transferred to Chandka Medical College Hospital for autopsy.