Two notorious dacoits, namely Adil Masih and Aakash Masih, who were involved in dozens of criminal cases, were shot dead during a police encounter in Lahore on Friday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
According to details, a team of the Crime Control Department (CCD) Cantt was taking these dacoits to an area in the jurisdiction of Manawan Police Station for recovery.
Suddenly, some accomplices of the dacoits started firing on the police vehicles in a bid to flee from police custody.
During heavy exchange of firing, both dacoits received serious bullet wounds and died.
Several police vehicles were also damaged due to heavy firing. The CCD team, after taking the dead bodies of dacoits into their custody, started a search operation to apprehend the accused.
Reporter: Abid Chaudhary