RAMPUR: A wanted criminal was shot in a leg during an alleged encounter with police and arrested in UP’s Rampur district. Local police had announced a reward of Rs 25,000 on
Zubair
who is also accused of stealing and smuggling cattle in the region.
The encounter took place on Tuesday evening and police said that they recovered country-made pistols and live cartridges from his possession.
Zubair was also facing a case under
Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substance
(
NDPS
) Act.
Superintendent of police (SP) Rampur, Shagun Gautam, said, “Cattle smuggler Zubair was riding a motorcycle when he was asked to stop by policemen deployed at the checkpoint near the Patwai police station. But he fled. A joint team of personnel from Patwai police station and from the
Special Operation Group
(
SOG
) chased him. He opened fire at the team and got injured when the policemen retaliated.”
Gautam added, “One police constable got injured during the encounter.”
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