A criminal-principal accused of the recent robbery in Roorkee - was injured as a bullet fired by police during an encounter pierced into his knee in the forest area near Peerbaba Colony at Gangnahar in Roorkee on Friday morning. Police recovered cash of over Rs1lakh, a pistol, cartridges and a two-wheeler from the criminal.
The criminal was identified as Varun Bisht alias Kaka, resident of Gochar in Chamoli district, said Roorkee circle officer S K Singh. He further said that the criminal was admitted at civil line hospital and later was transferred to a higher centre in Haridwar. He added that Kaka was the principal accused of the recent Rs3.5 lakh robbery case that occurred in Roorkee.
It is learnt that when a police team directed a bike- borne person going towards Manglaur to stop for checking he ignored and started firing on the police team.
later, a larger police reinforcement came and as police opened fire he was injured in his knee. later, some senior police officers rushed to the spot and inspected the area.