A notorious criminal carrying cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on his arrest was gunned down in an encounter with the police in Ramkot area of Sitapur late on Friday night.
Additional SP of Sitapur (North) MK Singh informed media persons on Saturday that acting on tip-off, a police team intercepted three motorbike-borne suspects near Rasulpur village around 1:30 am on Friday.
“On being asked to come close and identify themselves, the trio opened fire in which city Kotwali incharge Januddin Ansari, SI Israr Ahmad and Crime Brach officer Ravi Varma were injured. In retaliatory firing, one biker was injured while two other managed to escape. The injured accused was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead upon arrival. The deceased was later identified as Sharif Banjara, a listed criminal of the area,” said Singh.
The officer further said that several criminal cases were registered against Sharif after which a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh was declared for his arrest. A case was registered and efforts were made to nab his absconding aides.
Meanwhile in another bizarre case, a notorious criminal who was proclaimed ‘dead’ in police records three years back, was arrested in Khanna area of Mahoba district on Saturday.
SP of Mahoba, N Kolanchi said that Bindola alias Suraj Sharma of Khanna village, along with his aides had murdered Sanjay Bihari in 2015 and burnt his body. Bindola later left his shoes and clothes to make itup as he was killed. later the police arrested three men for the killing and sent them to jail while Bindola was entered as `dead’ in police records.
Kolanchi said that a police team while patrolling intercepted a suspect near Nuriya culvert on Saturday morning. During quizzing, it transpired that thge suspect was indeed Suraj Sharma aka Bindola, who was declared dead three years back even by his family . More than 31 cases were registered against Bindola in different police stations and a reward of Rs 25,000 was announced on his arrest three years back when he orchestrated his `killing’.
The SP said that a motorbike with fake number, one country-made pistol, some cartridges and fake identity cards were recovered from him.