The Hyderabad police shot dead a suspected drug dealer in an encounter in the limits of Hali Road police station here on Friday. The police spokesman informed that the Hali road police raided a locality near American Quarters to arrest the suspected narcotics dealer Iqbal Shah after receiving a tip-off.
However, he claimed, the slain suspect opened fire on the police in a bid to escape. He told that Shah sustained a fatal gunshot during the exchange of fire and died. The dead body was shifted to Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) for postmortem. The spokesman claimed that Shah was a notorious drug dealer who was wanted by the police in 9 FIRs.
