Moradabad. Before the arrival of the CM, Moradabad Police got a big success in the early hours of Saturday. On the information of the informer, Zafar was arrested by the Pakbra police in an encounter by laying siege on the Pakbra-Agwanpur bypass. In the firing from both sides, Zafar was shot in the leg, while a soldier was shot in the hand. Both the injured were admitted to the district hospital. Mining mafia Zafar is also accused of attempting to kill policemen.
Mining dumpers were taken away by indecency from SDM
On September 13, when the dumper of illegal mining was caught in Thakurdwara area, mining mafia SDM Thakurdwara Parmanand Singh and the mining team took away the dumper while indecently. After this, CM Yogi Adityanath had strongly reprimanded the officials of the district. Since then Thakurdwara police was looking for mining mafia Zafar. A reward of Rs 50,000 was also announced on the accused. In this connection, on the evening of October, the police chased him from Thakurdwara and reached Bharatpur village in Uttarakhand. During this, he went into hiding at the house of senior sub-block chief Gurtaj Singh Bhullar.
UP Police had an encounter with Zafar in Uttarakhand too
When Thakurdwara police and SOG team laid siege to Zafar, he along with his associates took the police hostage. Police personnel were brutally assaulted. During this, two police personnel were shot, while a total of nine police personnel were injured. Somehow the team escaped from the spot and came out. A woman had died during this incident. Mining mafia Muhammad Zafar is a resident of Kankarkheda village of Dilari police station area.
ADG had announced a reward of one lakh
After the incident, the police of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh are face to face. There is a round of accusations and counter-accusations going on. At the same time, the police was busy in search of mining mafia Zafar. On Thursday, ADG Zone Rajkumar announced a reward of one lakh on the mafia. In the early hours of Saturday, the Pakbara police received information from the informer that Zafar, a reward of one lakh, was going somewhere on a bike. When the police laid siege on the Pakbra-Agwanpur bypass to catch the accused, the accused Zafar started firing on the police. In retaliation, the bullet hit Zafar’s leg. At the same time, a soldier Sandeep got shot in the hand in the encounter.
Pistol recovered from the accused
After the encounter, SP City Akhilesh Bhadauria also reached the spot. The injured mining mafia Zafar and constable Sandeep were admitted to the district hospital. Before the arrival of CM Yogi Adityanath in Moradabad today, the police has got a big success. AC City Akhilesh Bhadauria reached the district hospital and questioned the mining mafia. SP City said that the mining mafia Zafar has been arrested in the encounter. He has been admitted to the district hospital due to bullet injuries. A pistol and a bike have been recovered from his possession.