OBARO (Dunya News) – Over a dozen robbers attacked a bus carrying 27 passengers from Sadiqabad to Quetta and injured several of them in Obaro town of Sindh, Dunya News reported here on Monday night.
According to eyewitnesses, the robbers took some passengers with them, leaving children and women, the claim police have rejected.
Police have not confirmed the abduction of passengers and claimed the commuters were afraid of the robbers and might have hidden in fields.
According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place within the limits of Kanbhadra police station.
Eyewitnesses said that the number of robbers was in the dozens and they all had modern weapons.
Upon receiving information about the incident, a large contingent of police and Rangers reached the scene and cordoned off the area.
Police said some passengers were missing and have hidden in the sugarcane crop out of fear, adding they cannot confirm the kidnapping of the passengers.
Police and rangers have launched a manhunt for the fleeing robbers. They are collecting information from area people and using technology to reach out to the outlaws, hoping the robbers would be tracked down soon.