Another accused in Sultanpur robbery killed in STF encounter: STF says wanted suspect Anuj Pratap Singh opened fire at its team, prompting retaliatory firing

Two country-made pistols, cartridges, a container containing metallic jewellery, and a motorcycle were recovered from Singh’s possession, the STF said.

Unnao Superintendent of Police Deepak Bhuker said that Singh was archetypal taken to a superior wellness centre wherever doctors referred him to the territory hospital.

The STF said successful a connection that it received a tip-off connected Sunday that Anuj had travel to the Ganga Katari country of Unnao with an subordinate equipped with deadly weapons and the 2 would permission for Raebareli connected a motorcycle astatine nighttime with the looted jewellery.

Acting connected the information, the STF squad from Lucknow reached the Koluhagada-Achalganj underpass connected the Raebareli-Unnao road connected Sunday night. The squad divided into 2 units and started checking aft cordoning disconnected the area, it said.

A motorcycle was seen coming from Koluhagada astatine a precise precocious speed. Seeing the vehicle, the informer told the STF squad that it was Singh and his associate, it added.

“An effort was made to halt the motorcycle, but the motorcyclist tried to crook the conveyance towards the unpaved roadworthy and slipped and fell owed to writer and mud,” the STF said.

When the STF squad asked the accused to surrender, Singh and his subordinate opened occurrence astatine the constabulary unit “with the volition to kill”, it said.

“Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Pramesh Kumar Shukla had a constrictive flight and caput constable Ravi Verma was deed by a slug but survived due to the fact that helium was wearing a bulletproof jacket,” the STF said.

In the retaliatory firing, Singh sustained a slug wounded and fell connected the roadside. He was taken to infirmary wherever doctors declared him dead, the bureau said.

Additional Director General of Police (STF and Law and Order) Amitabh Yash said Singh was a nonmigratory of Janapur colony successful Amethi district. His subordinate managed to escape.

The constabulary person identified 14 persons for their engagement successful the robbery case. While 9 suspects are presently successful judicial custody, 3 are inactive astatine large, each with a Rs 1 lakh reward connected their heads, said a constabulary officer.

Some radical had looted jewellery worthy Rs 1.5 crore from the store successful the densely populated Chowk country of Sultanpur astatine gunpoint connected August 28. The constabulary said that Anuj Pratap and Mangesh Yadav were the ones who entered the shop.

Mangesh Yadav’s decease earlier this period had sparked governmental controversy, with Samajwadi Party main Akhilesh Yadav alleging that the brushwood was “staged” and that Mangesh was killed “because of his caste”.

Sultanpur Superintendent of Police Somen Barma said that during the probe of the robbery case, the names of 14 accused came to light, retired of which constabulary person taken enactment against 11.

He said searches are being carried retired to nab the remaining 3 accused — Arbaaz, Furkan and Ankit Yadav. “Before this, Anuj Singh had committed a slope robbery successful Surat, Gujarat, and had gone to jailhouse successful the case,” helium added.

All the golden jewellery that was looted successful Sultanpur, weighing 2.6 kg, has been recovered. The constabulary person besides recovered 30 kg of metallic jewellery, Barma said.

— PTI inputs