Moradabad: Wanted criminal Zafar was arrested from Moradabad on Saturday after an encounter with police, Poice official said.
“Zafar sustained a bullet injury in his leg during encounter with the police and is undergoing treatment in the hospital. He was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh and escaped from Bharatpur in Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar,” said Superintendant of Police (SP), Moradabad (city) Akhilesh Bhadoria.
It is noteworthy that Uttarakhand Police on Thursday registered an FIR against the Uttar Pradesh Police after one woman died and five UP policemen were injured during a clash in Bharatpur village of Uttarakhand’s Udham Singh Nagar. The policemen from Moradabad had arrived in the village on Wednesday in search of Zafar, an alleged mining mafia, when they reportedly in fight with locals.
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Late on Wednesday, angry villagers protested and blocked the national highway.
“Continuous efforts were being made to nab Zafar. We had an encounter with him on Thursday night at Pakbara during which he sustained bullet injuries. He was then arrested. He is now undergoing treatment. There was a bounty of Rs 1 lakh on Zafar’s head. He was in an attempt to escape to Delhi,” said Senior Superintendent of Police, Moradabad Hemant Kutiyal.
Five Uttar Pradesh police personnel were injured in the clash and they are undergoing treatment.
Shalabh Mathur, DIG, (Moradabad) of Uttar Pradesh Police said on Wednesday that six UP police personnel from Moradabad sustained gunshot injuries during the clash with locals in Bharatpur village.
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Nilesh Anand Bharney, DIG, Kumaon Range,”UP Police came here without informing anyone. They were not in uniform, and were not carrying ID cards. Raids are not conducted this way. They entered a house, fired, and a woman lost her life. This is wrong. A case of murder has been registered,” said
The injured policemen are currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Udham Singh Nagar district, DIG Mathur said
“One of our police vehicles was torched and three police weapons are missing”, DIG Mathur said.
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