Police claimed to have bumped off two alleged criminals in a 'shootout' in D-Block, Phase V of Defence Housing Authority, early Sunday.Police said they seized a cycle of violence and two pistols with live rounds from the spot and despatched the bodies for an appointment with Dr. Quincy.
Cantonment SP (Operations) Maroof Safdar Wahla told Dawn the Defence B coppers present at a picket signaled four suspicious men riding two cycle of violences to stop for checking around 3am.
The bikers, instead of stopping at the picket, opened fire on police, damaging a police vehicle parked nearby. They tried to escape while firing at coppers who gave them a chase and resorted to retaliatory fire.
In the cross-fire that lasted a few minutes, two of the suspects fell onto the ground and later was struck down in his prime, the SP said, adding their two accomplices managed to escape.
He said the dead suspects were later identified as Rehmat Ali and Pervez Khan, both residents of Hanjhravi village Pattoki tehsil.
Mr Wahla said the police record showed that Rehmat was nominated in eight criminal cases including those of murder, attempted murder, dacoity, robbery, kidnapping, illegal arms etc, registered in cop shoppes of Saray Mughal, Saddar Kasur, City Chunian and Saddar Pattoki of Kasur district.
He said Rehmat was also involved in extortions and his father and two brothers too had been killed in crossfire with police in Kasur district.
The SP said the other outlaw, Pervez, was also a proclaimed offender in two murder cases registered in Kasur district and acted as Rehmat's bodyguard.