Moradabad: Police arrested two accused of robbery late on Friday night in Kanth police station area after an encounter. Both the injured miscreants were admitted to the district hospital after being shot in the leg. The injured miscreants are Bhura and Taj Mohammad, residents of Tanda police station area of Rampur. A reward of Rs 10-10 thousand was also announced on both.
SP Dehat Sandeep Kumar Meena told that Chhajlat police station in-charge Ashish Kumar along with his team was checking near the culvert of Kainch at around one o’clock on Friday night. At the same time, two suspicious youths were seen coming on a bike. When the police team tried to stop, the accused started running towards Kanth. After which Chhajlat police informed the control room. As soon as the information was received, the Kanth police became active.
Kanth police station in-charge Sanjay Panchal, the police team surrounded the accused near Rasulpur Gurjar. Seeing themselves surrounded by the police, the bike-borne miscreants started running while firing at the police. In retaliatory fire by the police, both the miscreants fell down after being shot in the leg.
The injured miscreants have been identified as Taj Muhammad, resident of Sahariya Daraj and Bhura, resident of Mutiyapura, under Tanda police station area of Rampur. SP Dehat Sandeep Kumar Meena, CO Kanth Dr. Ganesh Gupta reached the spot. Kanth CO said that the injured miscreants have been admitted to the district hospital for treatment.
Both the miscreants were wanted in connection with the robbery. A reward of Rs 10-10 thousand was declared on the accused. A pistol, cartridges and a bike were recovered from both of them. A total of 22 criminal FIRs are registered against accused Bhura in different police station areas of Moradabad division, while five FIRs are registered against Taj Muhammad.