Dacoit injured, held after encounter

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Dera Ghazi Khan police arrested an alleged dacoit after he was injured in a firing encounter with a police team in Shah Sadar Deen area on Tuesday, police said.

Police said that a police team spotted three dubious persons riding a motorcycle at Mauza Bhanjar Jalal and started chasing them. The accused, however, opened fire at the police team compelling police to return fire in self-defence, SHO Shah Sadar Deen Irfan Mustafa said. Police found one of the accused in injured condition after the firing was stopped.—APP