Fugitive eliminated in encounte

Islamabad: The police have eliminated a criminal ‘Samba’ in an encounter at Tarnol Saturday night, police said.
The gangster ‘Samba’ identified as Farhan Ali had escaped from police custody when Koral police arrested him on the allegation of kidnapping a woman and gang-raped her. The gangster ‘Samba’, alias in the criminal circle ran away from the police custody when the police party was going to his hideout at Ghauri Town on Friday, when four gunmen intercepted them, opened fire at the police van bursting tyres, pulled the handcuffed ‘Samba’ from the van and sped away towards Islamabad Expressway on their bikes.
The Koral police had registered case (FIR No. 1631/22) against the attackers as well as the arrested suspect under sections 7 ATA/ 324/353/427/225-B/186 PPC and initiated their effort to arrest the suspects. The top police officials taking notice of the incidence of the criminal’s escape from the police custody, ordered the relevant authorities to arrest the absconder and the attackers to maintain dignity of the police department. A joint police team was comprised of law enforcers and intelligence agency personnel to search and hunt down the gangsters as the prime priority.-Agencies