Encounter between police and miscreants, one arrested, two absconding

Pratapgarh: An encounter took place between police and miscreants in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh. During this, the police has arrested a miscreant. Actually, the encounter between police and miscreants took place near Sahjani village of Manikpur police station area. It is being told that the miscreants riding a bike had tried to rob money from the female branch operator in Kunda on Tuesday.

However, the miscreants could not succeed in the robbery attempt and they fled after firing at the woman. During the firing, the woman got hit by pellets and she was slightly injured. Meanwhile, the police took the case of attempted robbery with the woman in broad daylight seriously and they launched a search operation to catch the miscreants. During this, the police got information about the presence of three miscreants in Manikpur police station.

The police cordoned off the area and asked the miscreants to surrender. But, the miscreants opened fire on the police. The police also retaliated. In which a miscreant named Aman Kashyap got shot in the leg. While his two companions took advantage of the situation and fled from the spot.
Pratapgarh ASP Sanjay Rai said that on Tuesday, three miscreants tried to rob a Tiny operator in Thana Manikpur. During this, firing was also done from their side. In this, the woman got injured by the pellets, who was treated immediately.

He said, “Information about the miscreants was given to all the police stations. Late night, a joint checking campaign was conducted under the leadership of Kunda, Manikpur police station and SOG. During this, the police caught one miscreant and two absconded. Police teams are conducting raids in search of the absconding miscreants.” At present, the injured miscreant has been referred from Kunda CHC to Prayagraj. The police have arrested a miscreant in an encounter within 12 hours.