Duo Who Fired At Five Inside A Haridwar Factory Held After Encounter With Police

Police were on the lookout for the accused who fired at and injured five people inside a factory in the Sidkul police station area in Haridwar. When the bike-borne duo tried to escape by firing at the police, they were injured in their legs in retaliatory fire.

Haridwar(Uttarakhand): Two miscreants have been injured in an encounter with police near Chinmaya Degree College in Haridwar on Friday morning. Both the injured have been admitted to the district hospital.

As per information, the miscreants had fired bullets outside a famous factory in the Sidkul police station area on Thursday evening, injuring five people. The incident has created a stir in the police department with top police officials rushed to the spot for a thorough inspection.

The incident happened when the police were on a manhunt for the accused. When the bike-borne duo was asked by the police to stop at a signal they tried to speed away and fired at the personnel. In retaliation, police shot at their legs and got hold of them.

Haridwar City SP Swatantra Kumar said the two miscreants were shot at in the encounter with Haridwar police. Both have been admitted to the district hospital. The duo had injured five people by firing outside a factory. More information is being gathered about the arrested miscreants.

The firing took place at a factory in SIDCUL, Haridwar on Thursday night where five people sustained injuries.

According to police, Dhanush and Mohit from Trimurti Nagar Jwalapur, Rahul from Navodaya Nagar, Vikas from Salempur and Amrish from Mahadevpuram were drinking alcohol in Shivalik Nagar area with their friends Kapil Vishnoi and Ayush Tomar of Baghpat when they embroiled in a brawl. On reaching the factory at Sidkul, Tomar and Vishnoi opened fire on the rest of the group. In a bid to save themselves, Dhanush, Mohit, Rahul, Vikas, and Amrish entered the factory.

In the firing, factory supervisors Nishant and Vinod Bisht, security guard Abhishek, helper Shubham, driver Kuldeep and Rohit also sustained injuries from shrapnel.