Police in Shikarpur managed to secure the release of four captives following two separate encounters with dacoits, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday.

SSP Amjad Sheikh told media that police also recovered a resident of Khairpur, who had been kidnapped by dacoits in Kashmore. “One of the dacoits lured him to the katcha area by pretending to be a woman on a phone call,” he elaborated.

Similarly, he went on to say, dacoits kidnapped three people, including two brothers, around 20 days back when they went to their area to buy cheap tractors. “Police had an encounter with dacoits at Golu Darru area. At that time they were shifting the captives to another location,” he said, adding, “The Force succeeded in securing the release of all three persons.”

Giving their names, the SSP said they were Jaafar, a retired soldier of Pakistan Army, Sarfaraz, Sanaullah and Ghulam Akbar.    

Reporter: Abdul Jabbar Abro