Tag: Encounter

Sources said that one Deputy Superintendent Of Police has also sustained critical injuries in the encounter. The DSP has been admitted to Bhima Bhoi hospital in Bolangir.

A criminal from Rajasthan, who was an accused in the murder of cricketer Suresh Raina's relatives in Punjab in 2020, was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Police in Shahpur village of Muzaffarnagar district on Saturday, police said.

As the criminal started firing at the police team, the senior officers also retaliated. In the process, the criminal sustained a bullet injury on his leg and has been admitted to Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar.

Vijay Kumar, a.k.a Usman Chaudhary, was seriously injured and taken to a hospital where he later died.

The injured criminal has been admitted to SCB Medical College and Hospital in the city. The police recovered a pistol, ammunition and an auto-rickshaw from the spot.  

Three personnel of the Chhattisgarh police's District Reserve Guard (DRG) were killed in an encounter with Naxalites in Sukma district of the state on Saturday, a senior official said.

Four terrorists have been gunned down in an encounter in Sidhra area in Jammu & Kashmir. Seven AK-47 rifles, 3 pistols along with other ammunition were recovered. ADGP Mukesh Singh said, truck owner is yet to be identified, truck was on way to Srinagar from Jammu. Search is still underway.

Police said three terrorists were killed in the encounter, which broke out in the Sidhra area of Jammu district.

The deceased has been identified as Lalabati Majhi.

The gunfight took place in a forest close to Jal Mahadev Temple under Khaprakhol police station limits after security personnel of Odisha's elite Special Operation Group (SOG) and Bolangir district voluntary force (DVF) spotted a Maoist camp during a combing operation.

The firefight started after a joint team of police and security forces got an input about the presence of terrorists in that area.

"One local terrorist of proscribed terror outfit LeT killed in Moolu encounter. Operation going on," police said.

The Police added that acting on specific information generated by them regarding the presence of terrorists in Dangerpora area of Nowgam, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by the Police and the Army.

Police said as per its records, the killed terrorist was a categorised terrorist and involved in terror crime cases, including attacks on Police and Security forces.

Acting on specific information generated by the Shopian Police regarding the presence of terrorists in Hushangpora village in Nagbal area on Tuesday, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by the police, Army and CRPF.