The UP Special Task Force (STF) gunned down a notorious sharp-shooter in an encounter in Chiluatal area of Gorakhpur on Sunday. Parvez, on whom the UP Police had announced a reward of Rs one lakh, was a part of Khan Mubarak gang.
ADG (STF) Amitabh Yash said Parvez was wanted in several cases of murder, kidnapping, etc. A native of Makhdumpur area of Ambedkarnagar, Parvez was killed in an encounter under Pipiganj police station area. The STF recovered a pistol with five rounds of ammunition and another with three rounds of cartridges. The ADG said the criminal was wanted in several cases in Lucknow and Ambedkarnagar districts.
Meanwhile, a team of STF nabbed a hardened criminal bearing a cash reward of Rs 25,000 from Vibhuti Khand police station area on Sunday.
The accused, identified as Vishwajeet Jaiswal aka Jeetu of Pratapgarh, was wanted in a dacoity at a petrol pump in Jaunpur on May 14. He was arrested on a tip-off from an under-construction building.
The team was informed that Jeetu, along with his aides Chandan Jaiswal, Baljeet Yadav and Shyam Singh, was planning a dacoity in Lucknow. The team worked on the tip-off and came to know that Jeetu was going to an under-construction building behind a hotel in the area. The team reached there and surrounded the building, asking Jeetu and his aides to surrender. One of his aides, Chandan Jaiswal, managed to flee the scene.
The police recovered a country-made pistol, a cartridge, a mobile phone and Rs 1,200 in cash from Jeetu’s possession. The police said Jeetu was involved in heinous crime cases.
In another success, a team of UP STF nabbed a hardcore criminal bearing a cash reward of Rs 50,000 from Thane in Maharashtra on Sunday. He was wanted by Mumbai and Gujarat police. He was identified as Umar Ahmad of Azamgarh. The police recovered a mobile phone and Rs 500 in cash from him.