Hamirpur,

07 Aug (HS): The police have taken swift action within twelve hours in the case

of kidnapping a girl and crossing all limits of brutality in Rath Kotwali area

of Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Today, on Thursday, the police have

crippled the accused by shooting him in an encounter. Illegal arms and

cartridges have been recovered from the possession of the accused. Meanwhile,

the girl injured in the incident is being treated in a government hospital.

In

a village in Rath Kotwali area of Hamirpur district, a 40-year-old man from the

neighbourhood kidnapped an 8-year-old girl on the pretext of feeding her snacks

and took her to his house where she was brutally raped. Seeing the girl soaked

in blood, there was a stir in the entire village.

The family took the girl to

the Kotwali where after taking the complaint; the police immediately registered

a case against the culprit under serious sections. The girl injured in the

brutality incident was taken to the government hospital for medical

examination. After the incident, the accused also fled from the village. SP Dr.

Diksha Sharma formed police teams to arrest the culprit who committed the heinous

crime. Eight police personnel under the leadership of Inspector-in-charge of

Rath Kotwali, Ram Asare Saroj, started searching for the accused. CO Rajiv

Pratap Singh said on Thursday that a search operation was conducted throughout

the night to search for the accused Brijnandan (40), son of Parmanand.

Finally,

he was surrounded in the early hours of Thursday on Shyawari Road near

Kanshiram Colony of Rath town. Within twelve hours of the incident, the person

who brutalized the child was crippled by a bullet fired by the police. It was

revealed that an illegal weapon, cartridges and shells have been recovered from

the possession of the accused.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi