Ten with 2 cops killed by clash, family fued in Punjab
Pakistan Times National News Desk

GUJRANWALA: Two cops, an assaulter and a prisoner were killed during a clash between police and unidentified gunmen outside District Court’s lockup, while three gangsters including a drug trafficker Naeem alias Neema Butt fled police custody along with handcuffs on Thursday.

Reportedly, Naeem, also involved in a murder case, alongwith accomplices Amir, Raheel and Javed were being brought to judicial lockup when unidentified gunmen assaulted police party in a bid to get them freed.

As a result, constable Shafique and a prisoner Amir Javed died on the spot while another constable Sikander sustained bullet injuries.

The injured constable Sikander chased the fleeing culprits and opened fire on them that resulted in death of a culprit, yet to be identified, and a police constable, Ghafoor, who was on his way to the court of a magistrate unfortunately killed.

Naeem alias Neema Butt was a notorious drug trafficker of the city and was brought to three different courts for hearing of murder, possessing illicit weapons and narcotics cases. He remained underground for many years due to narcotics cases and killed a youth in Noor Bawa last year and was arrested.

Six of a family shot dead

And a report from Bhawalnagar says that six people of a family, including four women, were shot dead and another woman was seriously injured late Wednesday in Macleod Ganj, Minchanabad.

Ghulam Mustafa had gone to his in-laws’ house in Mauza Marzeka where he opened fire , killing his wife , mother-in-law, sister-in-law, father-in-law and visitors Ali and Karamnishan Bibi.

Another woman, sister-in-law of the accused, Sughran Bibi got serious injuries.
The accused Mustafa’s wife late Shahnaz Bibi was living with her parents for the last six months, police said.●