Sindh police on Wednesday claimed to have killed an alleged bandit in an encounter in the limits of Boat Basin police station. According to police, the police patrolling party intercepted an alleged bandit, who was later identified as Shabbir Ahmed, 32, son of Jumman Khan, at Khayaban-e-Sahil when he was busy in looting a motorist Asif and his family.
Seeing police party, the bandit opened indiscriminate gunshots on them. Police retaliated. However, he got fatal bullet wounds on police retaliation and was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre where he succumbed to his injuries The deceased, who was the resident of Keamari, and was declared wanted in Keamari and Clifton police stations, was nominated in several street crime cases. They said the police had recovered two TT pistols from his possession.