Three people died including a police officer and a murderer during firing in the Dag Behsud area of tehsil Pabbi of Nowshera, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Wednesday.
As per details, the sub-inspector identified as Momin Khan was martyred in the encounter while accused Kaleem was killed in retaliatory firing.
According to the police officials, the incident began when police started an operation to apprehend Kaleemullah who was wanted for the murder of Zahid Shah, the previous day.
On receiving the information about his whereabouts, the police raided and the operation continued for about 15 hours.
In response to police officer Momin Khan's death, the police official used rocket launchers and other heavy weapons against the suspect whereas the accused Kaleemullah eventually killed when a grenade he threw exploded.
The dead bodies were shifted to Mian Rashid Memorial Hospital of Tehsil Pabbi for post-mortem.
Reporter: Bacha Khan