Criminal succumbs to injuries after encounter with Kaushambi police
PRAYAGRAJ, May 19 -- A notorious criminal, who had killed a truck driver and looted Rs 4 crore worth goods, succumbed to injuries sustained during an encounter with police Kaushambi district on Friday night, a senior police official said on Sunday.
The criminal has been identified as Santosh alias Raju, 38, of Jaunpur district, the cop said. As per a communique issued by Kaushambi SP Rajesh Kumar, an encounter took place between Kokhraj police and criminals near Kakoda village on NH-2 under Kokhraj police station area in Kaushambi, late on Friday night in which notorious criminal Santosh alias Raju of Porai Kalan village in Jaunpur district was injured. He died while being taken to the hospital.
Santosh and his two associates had looted a trailer truck loaded with copper and shot dead its driver Sanwarmal Meena (40), a resident of Ajmer in Rajasthan, under Kokhraj police station limits on May 15.
The trailer truck, loaded with 32 tonnes of railway contact wires worth Rs 4 crore, was heading to Prayagraj from a private company in Gujarat's Valsad when the incident happened. The looted trailer truck, along with the goods, has been recovered from the criminal, the SP said, adding that efforts were on to nab Santosh's accomplices....
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