Shahjahanpur, 17 Oct (HS): A criminal carrying a bounty of Rs.

25,000 was shot and killed by the police when he attempted to flee to Nepal on

a motorcycle in Puwaiyan police station area of ​​Shahjahanpur district of

Uttar Pradesh during wee hours. The criminal was injured in police retaliation

and admitted to a government hospital where he is undergoing treatment.

Additional Superintendent of Police

(Rural) Bhaware Diksha Arun said on Friday that late Thursday night, a gunfight

broke out between the police and a criminal carrying a reward of Rs. 25,000,

wanted in a murder case, near the bypass bridge in the Puwaiyan police station

area. Seeing himself surrounded the criminal opened fire on the police team.

The police team then took charge, and in the retaliatory action taken by the police,

Danish (27), a resident of Kamalnainpur village in the Kant police station

area, was injured by a bullet in the leg.

The ASP said that Danish and his

companions, Gurusevak and Ajay alias Amarjeet Singh, had booked a vehicle from

the Puwaiyan police station area a few days ago to go to Sitarganj. However,

the accused took the vehicle to the Roza police station area and strangled the

driver, Avneesh Dixit (42), to death. They left the body there and stole the

vehicle.

On the other hand, a few days ago ,

during an encounter in Thana Para area of ​​Lucknow district, the police

arrested the criminal Ajay alias Amarjeet Singh, a resident of Hardoi

district. During interrogation, the accused

Ajay confessed to the crime and said that he had carried out the crime in

connivance with Gursevak and Danish, residents of Puwaiyan police station area

of ​​Shahjahanpur. Bhaware Diksha Arun said that Gursevak had already been

killed in an encounter with Thana Para police. The police were searching for

Danish. Several criminal cases were registered against him in various police

stations. Danish was traveling on a motorcycle with the intention of fleeing to

Nepal. Police arrested him during the incident.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi