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Kanpur: A robber injured after being shot in a police encounter, his accomplice also arrested | News India


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Kanpur, 27 September (HS). In the encounter that took place on Saturday morning near the TB Hospital located in Kidwai police station area, one of two criminals riding a motorcycle was injured by a bullet. Who has been admitted to the hospital for treatment. While the police has arrested his other companion and is interrogating him.

Deputy Commissioner of Police South Zone Ankita Sharma said that incidents of purse snatching and snatching were taking place in the South Zone for the past several days. To control them, police teams from all the police stations of the zone were continuously searching for the suspects. In this sequence, the police team of Kidwai Nagar police station was checking vehicles in search of suspects on Saturday morning. During this time, two suspicious youths riding a motorcycle started running away as soon as they saw the police near TB Hospital.

When the police team chased them, the motorcycle slipped due to rain. After which one of the two miscreants climbed the wall of the TB hospital and went inside, who was chased by the police team and opened fire. In self-defence, the police retaliated by firing a bullet and it hit the miscreant's leg and he got injured and fell down. The police team arrested him and sent him to the hospital for immediate treatment. His other companion fell into the drain while climbing the wall. The police team also arrested him. During interrogation, information was received that Anees, a resident of Parampurwa, was injured by a bullet, while his companion's name was Rashid. Both are vicious robbers. During interrogation, both of them have confessed that the incidents of purse snatching and snatching happening in Babupurwa police station area and Kidwai Nagar are being carried out by them. Legal action will be taken against both of them and they will be sent to jail.