Mau (UP): A 26-year-old notorious criminal, carrying a cash reward of Rs 25,000, was arrested after a police encounter in Ranipur area here, officials said on Thursday. The accused, Arun Rajbhar alias Dadhi, is a resident of Mirzapur village and had 19 cases registered against him, they said.
He was nabbed during the encounter near Asalpur culvert late Wednesday night. Mau Superintendent of Police Avinash Pandey said Rajbhar was involved in a robbery near Padri village here. A police team was checking the passing vehicles for the robbery suspects when two youths on a motorbike with their faces covered started fleeing.
The duo suddenly opened fire on the police, following which a SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) team and additional police force rushed to the spot and surrounded them. One of the suspects, who was later identified as Rajbhar, was shot in the leg in the retaliatory firing while his associate managed to escape, Pandey added. The police have recovered a pistol from Rajbhar, who is undergoing treatment at the district hospital.
Earlier, a miscreant carrying a bounty on his head was arrested after an encounter with Uttar Pradesh Police in the Ganjdundwara area of Kasganj police station on Sunday night, police said. During the encounter, the miscreant identified as Anuj, was injured, following which he was arrested. However, the police said that his accomplices escaped from the spot. The police recovered illegal weapons from his possession.
"During the encounter, a miscreant carrying a reward of Rs 20,000 was injured in retaliatory firing by the police, the police arrested the injured person and the other two escaped from the spot," Jitendra Kumar Dubey, Additional Kasganj Kasganj said. "Illegal weapons and a bike were recovered from the possession of the miscreant arrested during the encounter," Kasganj SP said.
The police said that Anuj was shot in his right leg. The injured miscreant was admitted to the hospital. "While efforts are being made to arrest his two other absconding accomplices," Kasganj SP added.F
Earlier on March 12, a miscreant was shot in the leg and his other associates were injured in a brief late-night encounter with police here in Kurawali town in Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri area. Police said that 2 motorcycles, illegal arms, cartridges and some jewellery were recovered from the miscreants. (With Agency Inputs)
