The post mortem of alleged dacoit gang leader Abbas whom the police claimed to have killed in an encounter in the Defence area last week among four others awaits Covid test reports after his samples were taken on Tuesday. The police investigation team said today that they have taken the samples from the body on the directives of an additional police surgeon and await results to decide whether to go for an autopsy. Covid report of Abbas is expected to arrive tomorrow which will decide when the post mortem on his body can be materialized which was requested by Abbas’ employers who claim the encounter was orchestrated.It is pertinent to note that police department constituted a special team for acquiring the criminal record of a suspected member of a dacoits’ gang, Abbas, who had been killed during a police shootout in theDefence area, sources close to the investigation told ARY News yesterday.