Two policemen reportedly were injured when they were hit during an exchange of fire between the police and the criminals who had entered a closed Sugar Mill in Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. The criminals fled the spot unhurt and the police launched a manhunt to nab them.
Police said that the team which went to the mill after being informed by the locals found around ten persons having broken into the locked mill to steal the machines kept there at around 1.30 am on Thursday. After additional police contingents arrived the police surrounded the mill from all sides. This was followed by the criminals firing shots at the policemen. Two policemen and another person were reportedly hit by the fired shots.
A Kashipur police station officer said that a case under section 307 of IPC has been registered against unidentified persons in the same police station after the incident. Udham Singh Nagar senior superintendent of police Sadanand Date said that teams have been formed to investigate the case. “As per preliminary investigation, criminals are from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. They appeared to be rag pickers. However, we are investigating the case from possible angles. The culprits would be captured soon,” he added.