CCD Says Two Suspects Died in Dijkot Shootout
Two alleged robbers died after a shootout with Crime Control Department personnel near Dijkot, police said, and three of their alleged accomplices escaped. The Dijkot CCD encounter took place near Malkhanwala Morr on Satiana Road on Tuesday, according to the police account.
The dead men were identified by police as Hasnain and Nokhaiz. Police said the two suffered gunshot wounds during the exchange of fire, were shifted to a hospital, and died there. The account so far comes from police, and no court finding on the incident has been reported.
The Dijkot CCD encounter, as police describe it
Police said CCD teams raided a location near Malkhanwala Morr to arrest wanted suspects. The teams were led by Lyallpur Town in-charge Sadiq Cheema and Iqbal Town in-charge Ali Ikram Goraya, according to the police account.
Police said five suspects opened indiscriminate fire on the teams, and a shootout followed that continued for around 30 minutes. During that exchange, police said, Hasnain and Nokhaiz were wounded by firing from their own accomplices. Their three accomplices escaped because of darkness, police said.
The sequence matters because it rests entirely on the police version at this stage. Police have not reported any independent account of the shooting, and the claim that the two men were hit by their accomplices’ fire is a police claim, not an established finding.
Who the CCD is
The Crime Control Department is a Punjab police formation that handles serious crime, including robbery and gang cases. Its teams carry out raids and arrests, and its operations often produce competing claims about what happened on the ground. That is why encounter cases draw close attention, and why the first police account is only the start of the record.
Similar cases have reached the public record in recent months. A suspect in a Gujranwala bride case died in an incident police described in the same way, covered in Gujranwala Bride Case Suspect Killed, CCD Claims. Suspects in a Muridke child case also died in an encounter, reported in Muridke Child Case Suspects Die in Encounter. In a different setting, suspects who feared for their safety refused bail and stayed in jail, as reported in Drug Suspects Bail Fears Keep Them in Jail.
Why encounter claims face questions
When suspects die during a police operation, two questions follow. The first is what the suspects were accused of, and the second is how exactly they died. The first question can be answered from police records. The second needs evidence beyond the account of the team involved, such as medical reports, forensic findings and any independent witnesses.
Courts have stressed the value of procedure in criminal cases. A recent ruling held that an FIR alone cannot bar a person from public employment, covered in FIR alone cannot bar public employment. That principle applies more broadly: an allegation, even a grave one, is not a finding, and a police account of a death is not a verdict on how it happened.
For the families of the dead men, the next steps will depend on the post-mortem findings and on whether any inquiry follows. For the three men who escaped, the police operation continues, and their alleged role remains unproven until a court tests it.
What happens next
Police said the investigation was under way, and the escaped suspects remain at large. If the case proceeds, the record will need to show who fired, from where, and what the medical evidence says about the wounds. Until then, the public record holds a police account of a raid, a 30-minute shootout, two deaths and three escapes.
Readers should treat the word “encounter” with care. It describes a police claim about an exchange of fire. It does not settle who started the firing, or whether the deaths could have been avoided. Those questions belong to the evidence, and they will only be answered as it emerges.
Frequently asked questions
What happened in the Dijkot CCD encounter?
Police say CCD teams raided a location near Malkhanwala Morr on Satiana Road to arrest wanted suspects, five suspects opened fire, and a shootout lasted around 30 minutes.
Who died in the incident?
Police identified the two dead men as Hasnain and Nokhaiz, and police said they died in hospital after suffering gunshot wounds during the shootout.
How do police say the two men were wounded?
Police claimed the two men suffered gunshot wounds from their accomplices’ firing during the exchange.
Did anyone escape?
Police said three suspects escaped because of darkness, and they remain at large according to the police account.
Has any court ruled on the incident?
No court finding on this incident has been reported so far, and the account available is the police version.
