A policeman was killed and another suffered wounds in an encounter with a group of criminals in Nawab Town on Friday. According to police, policemen conducted a raid in a Nawab Town and, on seeing officials, three criminals opened firing on them. Resultantly, policeman Khalil died on the spot while Assistant Sub-Inspector Abdul Ghaffoor was injured. As the police team retaliated, one suspect was gunned down while another suffered wounds and the third managed to escape. The deceased suspect was identified as Faisal. Police recovered weapons and ammunition during the raid. Police authorities said the accused were wanted to police in 395 cases.
The injured policeman was shifted to a nearby hospital while the body was sent to a morgue for autopsy. The both officials belonged to Pakpattan. Police had started raids to apprehend the third accused. The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has filed a case against a beverages manufacturing unit on account of adulteration in the nearest police station besides confiscating 700 litres of spurious juice, 107-kg expired flavours and machinery. PFA Director General Muhammad Asim Javaid said that the team raided a juice plant on Kasur Road and caught them red-handed producing contaminated juices of different flavours. He said the authority confiscated a huge cache of adulterated juices after finding juice sample results not up to the mark during the screening tests. The raiding team found a low value of brix, artificial sweetness and fake labelling. He said that spurious drinks were to be supplied to different local shops at a cheap rate; however, the raiding team ruined their unholy ambitions by taking timely action on a tip-off. In another raid, the PFA enforcement team imposed Rs. 200,000 fine on a bakery production unit located at Hamdard Chowk, Industrial Area for violating the Punjab Pure Food Regulations. He said that the raiding team took action due to using non-food grade vessels, an abundance of mosquitoes, an unhygienic working environment.
