Two brothers among three injured in back-to-back police encounters in Sultanpur
Sultanpur, November 4: Three criminals, including two brothers and key accused linked to the mining mafia attack on a Naib Tehsildar and two Lekhpals in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur district, were shot in the leg during two back-to-back police encounters on Wednesday morning, while five accused have been arrested in total and weapons, vehicles, and a dumper were recovered from their possession, the police informed.
In the first encounter in Khaichala village of Kotwali Nagar, police arrested Rahul Singh, Naushad, and Manoj Singh. Rahul Singh was shot in the leg.
According to the police, Rahul Singh is a resident of Amilia Kala, Kotwali Nagar police station. Naushad is a resident of Pratappur, Bandhua Kala police station, while Manoj Singh lives in Ravaniya, Karaundikala police station. Police seized a .32-bore pistol, a live cartridge, an empty cartridge, and a Scorpio car from them. According to police, 10 cases are registered against Rahul Singh in various police stations in Sultanpur district. Police also said they recovered four dumpers used in illegal soil mining from him.
The Superintendent of Police (SP) Vineet Jaiswal said on Wednesday that two accused wanted in the attack on a revenue team under the jurisdiction of Kotwali Nagar police station were injured in a shootout between police and criminals in the Akhand Nagar police station area and were arrested. Both were shot in the leg. The accused have been identified as Sandeep Singh and Prashant Singh. Sandeep Singh is a resident of Amilia Kala, Kotwali Nagar police station. Prashant Singh is a resident of Nakaha Mahmudpur, Gosaiganj police station.
According to police, both were wanted in the case of mining and attacks on revenue teams in the Kotwali Nagar police station area. A 315-bore country-made pistol, a .12-bore country-made pistol, one live cartridge of each bore, and one empty cartridge were seized from the scene. The police also recovered the black Thar car used in the incident, which had no number plate. According to police, Sandeep Singh, one of the arrested accused, already has six cases registered against him.
