A notorious criminal Jarnail Singh Jauli who was on the run for a long time was injured as a special police team from Delhi assisted by Udham Singh Nagar police fired shots at him during an encounter at Tukri village at Nanakmatta in Sitarganj on Saturday. The criminal was critical as bullets pierced into his stomach. It is learnt from police sources that several cases of murder, kidnapping and extortion have been registered against him in various police stations of Delhi and Delhi police announced a reward of Rs one lakh for information leading to his arrest. He is from Jhagola village in Alipur in Delhi, police said.
Informing the media of the incident, Udham Singh Nagar senior superintendent of police Sadanand Date said that the local police had helped the police team from Delhi by giving exact information of the place the criminal was hiding. However, the local police were not involved in the encounter, he added.
Police sources said that Jauli had reached Nanakmatta on Friday evening and was staying at a relative’s home. After local police got information it was passed on to Delhi police. After police reached Nanakmatta and sealed off the area, Jauli tried to flee towards Tukri village in the forest area. As the encounter ensued he was shot at. later he was at a private hospital in Haldwani by the police team from Delhi.