Wanted criminal killed in encounter with UP STF
A notorious criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head was shot dead in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force, police said on Friday.
A notorious criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head was shot dead in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force, police said on Friday.
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district in the early hours of…
Encounter is still on as two terrorists believed to be trapped in the cordon, Inspector General of Police (Jammu Range) Anand Jain said.
The Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir police gunned down 5 dreaded Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists along the Line of Control in Kupwara district's Machil sector.
The official further said that the District Reserve Guards recovered two bodies of Naxals, along with arms and ammunition
In October 2004, Dhanpal and Prahlad, both residents of Chachuapur village under Jalalabad police station, were shot dead by police on allegations of being members of the gangster Saragana Naresha Dhimar's gang.
The martyred cop has been identified as Rohit Chib.
The firefight took place on Saturday after a joint team of the police and the security forces cordoned off the Srigufwara area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about presence of terrorists.
The controversy has triggered although the IGP (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar clarified that; “The house owner who was injured in terrorist fire, succumbed to his injuries. Terrorists had been hiding on the top floor of his building. As per source and digital evidence, he has been working as a terror associate”.
The police have identified two others -- Gurudev Singh and a juvenile. The police have recovered one country-made pistol each from Saurav and Singh and a live cartridge from Singh.
