History-sheeter succumbs to injuries after police encounter

Gorakhpur: A history sheeter Vipin Singh died during treatment at Lucknow hospital on Wednesday after he was injured in police encounter in Gorakhpur on Tuesday night.

Police is looking for his aides. Two pistols with bullets were recovered from his possession.

“Vipin was a history sheeter from Shahpur area of Gorakhpur and had cases of murder and other crimes against him in Shahpur, Pipraich, Gulriha and Chilutal police stations of Gorakhpur. During lockdown, he came out of jail on bail,” said SSP Sunil Kumar Gupta.

On Tuesday, as per police, Vipin and his two aides reached the house of a property dealer Ashish Prajapati aka Chotu in Jhungia area and started firing. However. no one was injured. After this, the trio reached the house of Ashish’s friend Arun Nishad in Shahganj who is also a property dealer. They opened fire at Arun’s house, injuring Arun’s 40-year-old brother Deepchand.

On hearing the sound of firing, villagers reached the spot and began to chase the three miscreants. The three of them then fired at a 12-year-old boy Aditya, son of Raju Sharma of Shahganj.

After being informed, police rushed Vipin to BRD Medical College, from where he was referred to Lucknow’s PGI hospital. Vipin died during treatment on Wednesday in Lucknow. Efforts are on to nab the other two miscreants who had escaped during encounter, said police.


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