FAISALABAD: A vegetable dealer was killed during an attempt of robbery in the area of Thikriwala police station on Wednesday. A police spokesman said 70-year-old Salamat Ali of Samanabad was travelling on a rickshaw to purchase vegetables from a local market early in the morning when unidentified bandits intercepted him near Dinga Phattak but he did not stop his three-wheeler while the accused opened indiscriminate firing. The dealer could not control his rickshaw which struck against a tree. As a result, the man received serious injuries who was shifted to a local hospital where
he died. Police took the body into custody and started investigation for arrest of the accused, he added.