Lucknow, May 17 -- A suspected cow smuggler was injured in a police encounter near the Purvanchal Expressway toll under Gosainganj police station limits in Lucknow, said DCP South Nipun Agarwal on Saturday.

"On May 5, near the Purvanchal Expressway toll in Gosainganj police station area, information was received about a 12-tyre truck. Police recovered around 20 cattle from it. CCTV footage showed that the cow smugglers had escaped in a car," said Agarwal.

He added that police later received information that the accused were passing through the area. "When the police tried to stop a white-coloured car in which the accused was travelling, one of them opened fire at the police. In retaliation, police fired back, and the accused sustained a...