Woman, robber killed in encounter

	One of the bandits, who shot dead a woman, was in turn, killed by the police in an encounter in the Shah Latif Police limits on Tuesday. According to SHO Shah Latif police station Gulshan Jonejo, they received information that armed robbers were looting people in Sector-19-D, Shah Latif. A police mobile patrolling in the area rushed to the spot and engaged the outlaws. As a result, an encounter took place between the police and the dacoits. In the meantime, the bandits barged into the house of one Javed situated behind Mateen Complex, and held his family hostage at gunpoint. The police ordered the bandits to surrender, but in a bid to avoid arrest, the outlaws held hostage Sumera, a resident of the house and then killed her, besides injuring her daughter Muqadas, three. The robbers tried to escape, but the police chased and killed one of them, while his companion fled. The police recovered TT pistols, five cellphones and Rs10,000 from the possession of deceased dacoit.