Police engaged some criminals in an encounter in which a cop received inuries at Baditor village here on Saturday. Following a tip-off that half a dozen criminals had taken shelter in the village, Ambah SDOP along with some officers and a posse of 200 jawans cordoned off the village.
Finding themselves surrounded they hid themselves behind a shield of women and children, and began to fire at the police. After a brief encounter, the miscreants fled the spot.
The SP later announced rewards for information leading to their arrest. Earlier, the Ambah police had received information that notorious miscreant Bhanu Pratap Singh Tomar, Parmal Tomar, Vijendra Singh Chauhan along with their associates were hiding in the house of
Monu Tomar. A joint team of Amha, Porsa, Dimini, Matabasia, Sariachola and Noorabad police stations surrounded the village and asked the miscreants to surrender.
The miscreants formed a human shield and opened indiscriminate fire from behind a chain of women and children.