Two fruit sellers, arrested in connection with the murder of two brothers over a Rs30 dispute, were killed in an alleged encounter with the Crime Control Department (CCD) of police in Lahore’s Manga Mandi area on Thursday.
According to CCD officials, the suspects – identified as Owais and Shehzad – were in custody and being taken to the crime scene for investigation when their accomplices ambushed the police team in an attempt to free them.
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During the exchange of fire, the two arrested suspects were killed. Police said the attackers, led by a suspect named Tauqeer, opened fire on the CCD team before fleeing the scene. A search operation has been launched to trace and arrest them.
The deceased suspects had allegedly tortured and killed two brothers a few days earlier over a petty dispute of Rs30 involving the purchase of bananas.
