Continuing the elimination of criminals drive in the State, now the Etawah police claimed to have gunned down a youth involved in the murder of a local Samajwadi Party leader. The encounter took place in the wee hours of Monday and three policemen were said to be injured in exchange of fire.
Reports said that acting on a tip off, a team comprising of Crime Branch, and teams lead by station house officers of Bakewar and Bharthana police stations, started checking at the Kakraiya canal bridge when they spotted four youths moving under mysterious circumstances on motorcycles, in the wee hours of Monday. The cops signaled them to stop but the accused sped up their bikes to escape. The cops chased them following which the criminals opened fire so the police team also retaliated. later in the exchange of fire, one of the criminals sustained injuries and was later rushed to hospital by the police team where the doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival.
The cops claimed that remaining three criminals managed to escape from the spot. later the deceased was identified as Adesh aka Sunder Singh, carrying a cash reward of Rs 15,000 on his head. Cops said that Sunder Singh had allegedly shot dead local SP leader Rajbir Singh on May 30 last and was arrested on June 16 but had fled from police custody while being taken to court later. Since then, teams were formed to lay a trap on him. A pistol, a country-made weapon and a bike have been recovered from the encounter site, local police revealed.