Six policemen were martyred on Wednesday while two were injured in an attack by dacoits near the area of Jageer in Sindh’s Jacobabad district while on their way to rescue a hostage, police officials said.
Jacobabad Senior Superintendent of Police Dr Sumair Noor Channa confirmed the development, adding that the slain police officials were from the Usta Muhammad police station located in Balochistan’s Jaffarabad. SSP Channa said that the martyred officials included Usta Muhammad station’s sub-inspector Tayyab Umrani and constables Nisar Ahmed and Abdul Wahab.
Naseerabad division Deputy Inspector General Munir Ahmed Sheikh said that the joint operation will continue till the hostage, Furqan Soomro, has been recovered.
The DIG added that Soomro, the son of Aslam Soomro, a rice mill owner in Usta Muhammad town, had been kidnapped at gunpoint a day ago from Jaffarabad.
He further told media that the gangs of “Mittu Shah and Jakhrani” were involved in the kidnapping, adding that the Sindh government had already placed a bounty of Rs3 million on their heads.
DIG Sheikh said that the operation had been expanded with the cooperation of Sindh police and more personnel were on stand-by if needed.
