Labourers freed from bandits' clutches

Morena, MP, May 17 (UNI) Eleven labourers abducted from Rajasthan were released from the clutches of dacoit chieftain Vakila Gujjar -- who has a reign of terror along the Madhya Pradesh-Rajasthan border -- during a half-hour-long encounter today, police said.

Following a tip-off that the bandits were camping at this district's Tusipura, a cordon was set up and the encounter ensued.

However, the dacoits managed to escape.

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