A suspect wanted in 50 cases of robbery and murder was killed in a police encounter in Jhang, while his two companions managed to flee the scene, police said.
The encounter took place near Kashmir Colony, where police personnel had set up a checkpoint. According to Punjab Police, officers tried to stop three suspicious men at the checkpoint, and the suspects opened fire on the police party instead of stopping.
Police returned fire, and in the exchange one of the suspects was killed. Police said the man who died was hit by firing from his own companions, and that both of his companions escaped from the scene after the shooting. No police casualties were reported in the account given by the police.
The deceased suspect was wanted by police in 50 cases, including robbery and murder, according to the police statement. His name and further details had not been released in the report available at the time of writing, and police have not said whether the two men who fled have been identified.
The incident is the latest in a series of police actions against criminal gangs in the district. Jhang police have been running a sustained campaign against robbers, proclaimed offenders and illegal weapons in recent months, and the district police officer has repeatedly said that action against criminal elements will continue without interruption.
Encounters of this kind raise questions that only a formal investigation can answer — including exactly how the firing unfolded and how the two remaining suspects escaped. What is established from the police account is that a checkpoint stop near Kashmir Colony turned into an exchange of fire, that one wanted suspect died, and that two men fled.
Residents of the Kashmir Colony area and surrounding neighbourhoods have been urged in the past to cooperate with police checkpoints and to report suspicious activity. Checkpoints are a routine part of policing in the district, and police say they are used to intercept criminals moving through the city.
Police have not yet announced whether a search operation is under way to trace the two men who escaped. Further details are expected as the investigation proceeds, and this report will be updated if police release the identity of the deceased or confirm arrests.
For now, the confirmed facts are these: three men were stopped at a checkpoint near Kashmir Colony in Jhang; they opened fire on police; one of them, wanted in 50 cases of robbery and murder, was killed — police say by his own companions’ firing — and the other two fled the scene.
Source: Jang, “Jhang: suspect killed in police encounter, two companions flee”, reported 6 November 2026.
