LUCKNOW The UP Particular Job Drive (STF) on Friday morning gunned down a key accused and arrested two others injured throughout an encounter in Ayodhya in reference to the assault on a girl police constable, who was discovered in injured on board the Saryu Categorical at Ayodhya Cantt railway station on August 30, mentioned officers in Lucknow.
The deceased and the others have been recognized as Anees Khan, Mohd Azad and Vishwambhar Dayal Dubey, respectively. The deceased and Azad have been residents of Daslawan village below Haiderganj police station limits of Ayodhya, mentioned UP particular DG (legislation and order) Prashant Kumar.
The 43-year-old girl cop was attacked with sharp-edged weapons when she was travelling alone in a practice from Sultanpur to affix responsibility at Hanuman Garhi in Ayodhya throughout Sawan Mela there. She was discovered mendacity below the berth of the compartment with deep cuts and accidents on the face and head. The cop has been below therapy at Lucknow’s King George’s Medical College since then.
The Particular DG mentioned the three individuals had earlier crime data — the deceased had six felony instances below fees of try to homicide, Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, SC/ST Act and Gangster Act whereas Azad had 12 instances towards him on fees of try to homicide, kidnapping, molestation, SC/ST Act, Pocso Act and Narcotics Medicine and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Dubey had three felony instances below fees of NDPS Act and two instances of try to homicide, he added.
The particular DG mentioned the STF, together with Ayodhya police, had launched a hunt to hint the attackers after the lady cop recognized the trio whereas scanning data of individuals with felony background. The police group first intercepted them close to Chamela crossing late on Thursday evening throughout which two accused have been arrested. They have been injured in retaliatory firing by the police whereas Anees Khan managed to flee.
He mentioned Anees Khan was gunned down close to Para Kala village after being chased for practically 40 km from the spot the place his two aides have been injured in the encounter. The accused was shot in retaliatory firing by police when he opened hearth on them. Khan was rushed to the district hospital after sustaining accidents, however succumbed throughout therapy, added Kumar.
Kumar mentioned the two injured accused revealed that they typically dedicated crimes like snatching, theft and loot. “On August 29 evening, the trio was travelling on Saryu Categorical and tried to take benefit after discovering the lady cop alone in the compartment. They first misbehaved along with her and tried to rob her. The girl cop confronted them and overpowered one in all them, after which the three attacked the constable and injured her with sharp objects. The trio fled leaping out of the practice when it slowed down earlier than Ayodhya Cantt railway station,” he mentioned.
The Allahabad excessive court docket had directed police authorities to take the assault on the lady cop significantly, after which the STF was pressed in to work out the case and a reward of ₹1lakh was introduced for offering info relating to folks concerned in the crime.
