A security guard was shot dead when he tried to put up resistance to dacoits who were looting the bakery shop he was guarding in Karachi, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Saturday.

The dacoits took away the firearm of the slain security guard with him after committing the dacoity in Block 16 of Gulshan Iqbal.

Meanwhile, a wanted drug trafficker was killed in an alleged encounter with police in Sukhan Rehri Goth area of the megacity.

The accused, Abdur Rasheed alias Radh Luth, was wanted in seven different cases including that of terrorism. Police also recovered weapons from the scene.

Reporters Shahzeb Hussain and Saud bin Murtaza