Ghaziabad,

17 Aug (HS): In Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district, bullets were fired during

an encounter between the police and a cow smuggler late on Saturday night. The

cow smuggler was injured and has been admitted to the hospital. A pistol and a

motorcycle have been recovered from his possession. ACP Lipi Nagaich told on

Sunday that the police station Mussoorie was checking on the culvert near

Pipeline Bombay flats. Then a young man was seen coming from Kallugarhi in a

suspicious condition on a motorcycle. When the police signaled him to stop, he

did not stop but started firing at the police party and turned his bike and

started running away. The police also fired back, in which a bullet hit his

right leg and he fell down and was arrested in an injured condition. On asking

his name and address, he told his name as Ayan, resident of village Ujhari,

police station Hasanpur, district Amroha.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi