Varanasi, 18 Oct

(HS): In

the Rohania Bhadwar area of ​​Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh, the SOG and

Rohania police team caught two notorious criminals in injured condition in an

encounter late on Friday night. During this, one of their companions managed to

escape from the spot. On getting information about the encounter, DCP Varuna

Zone, Rohania ACP Sanjeev Sharma and other officers also reached the spot.

After sending the injured criminals to the hospital, the officers patted the

back of the police team. A forensic team was called on the spot. The team

collected evidence of the incident.

DCP

Varuna Pramod Kumar briefed reporters on the encounter. He stated that both

criminals, Mahesh and Sandeep, are residents of Dudhli in the Jhinjhana police

station area of ​​Shamli district. Rohania police station in-charge Raju Singh

and SOG in-charge Gaurav Singh received information late last night that the

criminals who committed the chain snatching incident in the Rohania area on

October 13 were about to flee by car via the highway. The team immediately

arrived at the scene, cordoned off the area, and began checking vehicles in

Bhadwar. Meanwhile, the police team, seeing a car approaching, signaled it to

stop. The criminals got out of the car and fired at the police team, fleeing. The

police team chased and returned fire, shooting both criminals in the leg. One

criminal took advantage of the darkness and escaped. Police teams are

conducting raids to arrest him. The DCP stated that two .315-bore pistols and

four cartridges were recovered from the two injured criminals. The criminals

were involved in chain snatching in Varanasi city and have several cases

registered against them.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi