The villagers killed eight dacoits during an encounter in suburban village of Toba Tek Singh. According to the details, eight robbers came in two cars in a village of Toba Tek Singh and held hostage family of a Saudi returned Yaqoob and snatched jewellery and other valuables from him. Later, they entered house of Allah Datta and upon their resistance of his family they opened firing on them, injuring four family members including Allah Datta, Shahbaz Nadeem, Asad Mehmood and Manzoora Bibi. After hearing sound of bullets, villagers came out from their houses and besieged the dacoits and killed them in armed clash. The villagers also destroyed two vehicles of dacoits. The clash between villagers and armed men lasted round about two hours. Soon after the incident, Police arrived at the site and shifted the bodies to hospital for Postmortem. District Police Officer Toba Tek Singh Rana Ahmed Hassan said that the deceased dacoits belong to Jhang. Later, three dacoits were identified as Ghulam Abbas, Qaisar Abbas and Nasir while name of 5 others could be identified so far.