FAISALABAD:A dacoit was killed in an alleged shootout with police in Chak Jhumra area on late Monday.
According to police sources, unidentified armed dacoits were looting people near Chak No 102-JB, Jhumra road canal bridge when someone informed the police.
A team of dolphin forces along with other police headed by Station House Officer (SHO) Asif Nadeem Butt when reached the site, the outlaws opened firing. A bullet fired by an outlaw hit his own accomplice, killing him on the spot.
A passerby Jahangir resident of Chak No 23-JB was also injured during the gun fight.
The deceased outlaw was identified as Riaz resident of Chiniot.
Police have shifted the body to a mortuary for autopsy.