Udham Singh Nagar police have arrested four persons in connection with the incident of two policemen being injured when they had been fired upon by some criminals who had broken into a closed sugar mill at Tanda Ujjain in Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district on the intervening night of August 2 and August 3.
The accused arrested are Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) natives Karamat, Rahat Jan, Ikrar and Shahid. Two other criminals identified as Nabi Saini and Julfikar, natives of Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) are on the run.
Meanwhile, the police personnel who sustained injuries during the exchange of fire with the criminals have been relieved from the local hospital on Wednesday after two days of treatment. Police have recovered two pistols, four live cartridges and four stolen bronze rods weighing around 15 kgs from the accused, said Kashipur circle officer Rajesh Bhatt. The accused were sent to jail after being produced in the court, he added.
Notably, a police team which had reached to the mill after being informed by the locals had found around six persons having broken into the locked mill to steal the machines kept there at around 1.30 am on August 2/3 night. After additional police contingents had arrived the police had surrounded the mill on all sides. This had been followed by the criminals firing shots at the policemen. Two policemen and another person had been hit by the fired shots.
Taking a suo motto initiative, a case under section 307 of IPC had been registered against unidentified persons in the same police station after the incident on August 3. Following the direction off Udham Singh Nagar senior superintendent of police Sadanand Date, teams had been formed to investigate the case.