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Sindh Inspector General (IG) Police Ghulam Nabi Memon announced on Tuesday that a total of 67 dacoits had been killed and 68 others arrested during the ongoing operation in the Katcha area.
During a conversation with journalists in the Kashmore-Kandhkot district, the IG shared details about the progress of the operation, which aimed to restore complete peace in four districts: Shikarpur, Jacobabad, Kandhkot-Kashmore, and Ghotki.
The Sindh IG informed that the provincial government was providing full support to the operation by allocating funds, weapons, gadgets, vehicles, and intelligence services.
He emphasized that the police force engaged in the operation had been granted full autonomy to combat the criminals in the designated areas.
Ghulam Nabi Memon stated that the police were exerting maximum efforts to eliminate outlawed gangs and hold kidnappers and murderers accountable for their actions against innocent civilians and police officers.
Earlier on May 24, the Sindh government had authorized a military operation against bandit gangs in the Katcha area of Shikarpur.
Provincial minister Mir Shabbir Bijarani confirmed that military troops and Rangers personnel would participate in the operation alongside the Sindh police.
Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah had given his approval for the anti-bandit operation in the Katcha area, said Bijarani. He further stated that a large-scale operation would be conducted against the outlaws in the vicinity of Shikarpur.
According to sources, the controversial tribal chieftain Tegho Khan Teghani has been apprehended in Karachi following an attack on the police that resulted in the martyrdom of two officers. Sources revealed that Teghani was arrested at his residence in Karachi.
