Jacobabad, Balochistan: six police officers were murdered by robbers.
Were working together with the Sindh police force to combat armed robbers at the provincial boundary.
KARACHI/QUETTA: On Wednesday, a confrontation with kidnappers in the area of the Mauladad police station in the Jacobabad district along the Sindh-Balochistan border resulted in the deaths of at least six Balochistan police officers and the injuries of two others.
The son of mill owner Haji Aslam Soomro, Furqan Soomro, was kidnapped from Rojahan Jamali in Balochistan, but a police party led by SSP Hasnain Iqbal in the Jafarabad district was able to recover him thanks to an intelligence-based operation (IBO).
“The bodies and the injured officials have been shifted to Civil Hospital Jacobabad immediately and more police force has been dispatched,” added Channa.
Inspector Muhammad Tayyab Umrani, Nisar Ahmad of the Anti-Terrorism Force in Sibbi, Balochistan, Abdul Wahab Pechuho, Muhammad Usman, Riaz Solangi, and Khadim Hussain Shah were among the dead.
Hussain Ali and Altaf Ali were identified as the injured.
The police in Jacobabad are currently conducting an operation to apprehend the suspects.
Usman, Solangi, and Hussain Shah died en route to the hospital, while Umrani, Pechuho, and Ahmed accepted martyrdom on the spot.
The thieves were reportedly well-armed with automatic assault weapons, light machine guns, anti-aircraft cannons, and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), according to police sources.
According to police sources reporting on the failed rescue attempt, the criminals managed to flee the scene without being wounded.
“We have contacted the Sindh police and government,” Balochistan Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove told The Express Tribune.
The assailants, he assured us, would be punished. Massive police contingents from Balochistan and Sindh provinces have arrived in the Jageer neighborhood of Jacobaad in search of the attackers. Jaffarabad and Jacobabad, two cities in the same province, have increased their security measures in order to facilitate the capture of the perpetrators, Langove noted.
Balochistan’s chief minister, Mir Quddus Bizenjo, has ordered the arrest of those responsible for the attack and has issued a strong condemnation of the incident. The CM issued a statement following the attack promising that the perpetrators would face justice and be punished severely. Police officers, according to the CM, sacrificed their lives to help find the stolen son of a mill owner. Prior to the time this article was written, no one has been taken into custody.
Police Line Dera Allah Yar hosted the funeral prayer for the fallen officers. The funeral prayer was attended by senior police officers, administrative officers, and citizens from all walks of life. On the eve of the funeral prayer for the fallen police officers, heartbreaking scenes were also witnessed.
Earlier this month, during an operation against dacoits in a riverine forest in the Kashmore-Kandhkot district, a police officer was killed and two others, including a passerby man and woman, were injured by gunfire.
SHO Jamal Abdul Latif Mirani was killed, and DSP Qalandar Bux Soomro and Constable Ishq Mirani were hurt, during the confrontation with the robbers.
The provincial cabinet of Sindh stated in March that they will undertake a coordinated operation with the provinces of Punjab and Balochistan to eliminate dacoits from katcha areas.
Kidnappings for ransom and attacks on police by gangs of dacoits operating out of Sindh’s river regions triggered the change.
