Lucknow. An encounter broke out between the police and the crook on Saturday morning near Sahara Hospital overbridge in Gomtinagar. During the encounter, the miscreant Siraj was injured after being shot in the left leg. He has been admitted to Lohia Hospital in critical condition. Siraj has a reward of 20 thousand. 22 cases including theft are registered against him in various police stations. For a long time the police was looking for Siraj.
DCP East Prachi Singh said that the arrested miscreant is originally from Gora Warik village in Sultanpur Amhat. Here in Madianv, Bhitholi Khurd was living on IIM Road. According to the DCP, the police was looking for Siraj for a long time. On the information of the informer, crime team and Gomtinagar Inspector Dinesh Chandra Mishra and his team were deployed around Sahara Hospital. Meanwhile, Siraj, carrying a bag on his back from the bike, was seen coming with his companion.
When the police team tried to stop him, he started firing the vehicle and left the bike and hid near the bushes. Meanwhile, his companion ran away as soon as he got the chance. When the police team laid siege and retaliated, while fleeing, Siraj got shot in the left leg and he fell. A pistol, a bike and gold and silver jewelry, belcha, iron rods and cartridges have been recovered from Siraj. 22 cases including theft, murder are registered against Siraj in various police stations of Lucknow and Sultanpur. The search is on for other miscreants of Siraj’s gang.
He used to do recce during the day and used to do the incident at night: ADCP East Syed Ali Abbas told that the people of Siraj and his gang used to carry out the crime in the night by doing auto and cycle reconnaissance of the houses locked in the colonies during the day. Siraj is very smart. He used to run away after breaking the safe in minutes, taking out his belongings.