Police team near the encounter site.
Jagran correspondent, Firozabad. Police Station North has surrounded the Bendi culvert on Saturday night and arrested an e-rickshaw thief in an encounter. The criminal, who was injured by a bullet in his leg, has been admitted to the Government Trauma Center for treatment. A pistol cartridge and a stolen e-rickshaw have been recovered from the arrested accused. 20 cases have been registered against the arrested accused in various police stations of the surrounding district under sections including theft, gangsterism etc.
E-rickshaw theft accused shot in leg in encounter, admitted to hospital
SP City Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Imran, resident of Mohalla Chishti Nagar in Police Station North, has lodged an FIR that he drives the e-rickshaw of a neighboring lawyer on rent from Sailai to Kakrau Kothi. On the evening of December 2, three passengers were seated in an e-rickshaw from Kakrau Kothi. He stopped near Chanora. Then in the blink of an eye the passengers stole the e-rickshaw.
Police registered an FIR and started investigating the matter. The names of Shiva alias Bhura alias Ajay and two accused had come up in the investigation. On Saturday night, information was received that accused Shiva alias Bhura along with his two other associates had come to sell stolen e-rickshaw near Bendi ki Pulia. When the police cordoned off the information, the accused tried to escape by firing.
In police firing, Shiva alias Bhura alias Ajay, resident of Mohalla Kolyan police station Avagarh district Etah, was shot in his leg and fell down. His two other companions escaped in the darkness.