A sub inspector suffered firearm injuries during police team’s encounter with Rs 10,000 awardee criminal wanted in several cases during an encounter in Sambhal district on Saturday night. The criminal also suffered injuries and the team succeeded in nabbing him.
The miscreant arrested was identified as Muneesh of Ubaiti police station area of Badayun district. The police recovered a country made pistol, a bullet shell and a looted mobile. Munesh was named in several cases in the past. He currently was named in a loot case few months back and was wanted by the police. Police said an informer tipped off about Muneesh who was hiding in forest cover Raholi village under Kudfatehgarh police station area. Subsequently a police team was formed and was dispatched to the location. The team surrounded Muneesh from all side and asked him to surrender but the hardened criminal chose to open fire on the police team and injured a sub inspector Aditya Kumar. Muneesh also suffered injuries in the exchange of fire by the police. He was later nabbed and had been admitted to hospital. The SI is also under treatment.