The Uttar Pradesh Police have carried out at least 18 encounters in the last 48 hours, arresting 25 people on its wanted-list and killing one criminal with a 25,000 rupee reward on his head in Muzaffarnagar.
In a major breakthrough, the special task force (STF) gunned down Indrapal – a native of Ghaziabad – in western UP’s Muzaffarnagar. He had 33 criminal cases pending against him.
Indrapal, according to the police, was involved in a shootout in Uttarakhand ‘s Haridwar in 2013 in which a policeman was killed. He opened fire at the STF team in which a sub inspector was also injured, police said.
The latest shootout happened at 2 am today in Kannauj district, where two policemen sustained injuries. However, the suspected criminals managed to escape, police said.
