Sultanpur (UP), May 9 (PTI) A robbery accused was shot at and arrested here when he met his associates to divide the loot, a police officer said on Saturday.
Additional Superintendent of Police Brij Narayan Singh said that around 2.30 am on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, information was received that some of the people involved in a robbery on May 7 had gathered at a spot. When the local police and an SOG team surrounded the criminals, they opened fire, prompting the police to retaliate in self-defence, the officer said. One of the alleged criminals, Pratik Bharti, was shot in the leg. He was taken to the district hospital for treatment. Bharti’s associates, Prince, Sufiyan, and Anubhav, were also arrested after the confrontation. The police seized a motorcycle allegedly used in the robbery and recovered Rs 24,500 from the accused.
Brij Narayan Singh said that on May 7, Ramakrishna Vishwakarma, a collection agent for a microfinance firm, alleged that he had been robbed at gunpoint of Rs 32,000. PTI COR NAV VN VN
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