Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Babulal Gaur visited Narmada hospital to meet injured policemen who were shot by absconding criminals of UP in Habibganj area late night on Saturday. After the incident DIG Sreenivasa Varma announced a cash reward of Rs ten thousand for providing whereabouts of the miscreants.
On Sunday during the raids conducted at his house two pistols were recovered and the search has been intensified to search the miscreants.An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and a constable were seriously injured when a murder case accused and his associate shot at them here. The incident occurred near Habibganj Naka in Bhopal.
The miscreant was identified as Anshu Dixit who escaped from the Sitapur jail around six months ago. He was serving jail term for murder and has been booked earlier for several serious crimes.During the investigation UP Special Task Force located the miscreant in Alkapuri area and police personnel from crime branch Bhopal were provided to assist the UP STF team which arrived to nab the miscreant.
The UPSTF team led by ASI Sandeep Mishra and assisted by two constables of local crime branch, on getting information that Anshu was roaming in Habibganj under-bridge area, reached the spot last night and found him near a wine shop.
The moment police challenged him, he opened fire at them causing grievous injuries to Mishra and Constable Raghvendra Pandey. Dixit then fled from the spot along with his associate in a white car bearing registration number of Delhi.
The injured policemen were admitted in a private hospital and their condition was serious. In the attack Sub Inspector Sandeep Mishra of UP STF sustained bullet injuries in his chest and stomach while constable of crime branch Bhopal Raghvendra Pandey who tried to grab the miscreants sustained injury in his hand and was sustained a bullet injury in his rib. Inspector General Bhopal, Yogesh Choudhary said an intense search is on to nab the culprits.