In a major morale boost to the State police force ahead of the 67th Independence Day, police gunned down a dreaded dacoit in an encounter in the jungle of Gwalior district on Tuesday.
Police said the deceased dacoit Badam Dheemer of the Black Das Dheemer gang carried a cash reward of Rs 10,000 on his head.He was wanted in the case of kidnapping of one Ankit Gupta, son of a grain merchant of Dabra. On Tuesday morning, acting on a tip off, a police party including Additional SP (Rural) Yogeshwar Shar, Additonal SP (Crime) Pratibha Mathew, SDOP Dabra KK Dixit and DSP Akhilesh Renwal conducted a search operation near Magrora village on the bank of non-river. While conducting the operation, the police team came face to face with the hiding dacoits.
While seeing the police team, the dacoit opened fire after which the police also retaliated. In the ensuing encounter, dacoit Badam Dheemer was killed in the police action and rest of the dacoits managed to escape. In another incident the police were able to arrest five armed miscreants while trying to commit dacoity near Giriraj temple. The police registered a case under Anti-dacoity Act and Arms Act against the arrested accused.
RK Sharma, incharge of the TI police station said that they had received a tip that some miscreants were coming to commit dacoity at the house of a trader near Giriraj temple. Acting on the tip the police surrounded the spot and challenged the dacoit who tried to flee. But they could not succeed. The arrested miscreants have been identified as Devendra Tomar, Ramu Sikarwar Yogendar Tomar, KD Kamaria and Ramkesh Gurjar from the spot. While Santosh Dhanuk managed to escape.