Azamgarh police claimed to have made a big success when a dreaded criminal carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 was shot dead in an encounter by them. The encounter took under Sidhari police station area of the district on late Friday night. A police constable was also injured in the encounter and was shifted to hospital.
Deputy Inspector General of Azamgarh Range, Vijay Bhushan, while revealing the above success on Saturday claimed that the deceased criminal was the main accused in the attack on jail security personnel Maan Singh four days back. However, one of his accomplices has managed to escape. He said that the encounter took place near Haludih petrol pump at around 11:30 pmon Friday.
Bhushan said that the cops of the Sidhari police station were making routine checking when they spotted two suspected criminals late on Friday night. As the cops signaled the criminals to stop, one of the criminal sitting on the pillion seat opened fire in which one of the constables of the police team, identified as Udaybhan, was injured. The cops later also retaliated in which the criminal, identified as Mukesh Kumar, received bullet injury and fell on the road. However, his accomplice managed to escape. The police team rushed and shifted the injured Mukesh to hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival. Police have recovered one 9 mm pistol, three cartridges and the motorcycle in which they were traveling. There were several criminal cases pending against the deceased in the district, Bhushan revealed while adding that a hunt launched to nab the accomplice went futile.