UP shooter killed in police encounter
In yet another ‘Hyderabad style encounter ’, the Uttar Pradesh Police gunned down a shooter in an encounter in Lucknow on Monday early morning when the history-sheeter made an attempt to escape from the police custody af ter attacking a police constable and snatching his pistol. Lucknow Police Commissioner DK Thakur told media persons that a Police party was taking Girdharai to Gharagpur area to recover weapons used in the murder of gangster Ajit Singh. When they stopped af ter reaching the area and asked Girdhari to get down, the shooter hit his head on the face of a Sub-Inspector Akhtar Usmani and snatched his pistol. The SI started bleeding profusely and before the police party could catch hold of the shooter, he started firing with the pistol snatched from the SI and ran towards bushes. The police also retaliated and in the ensuing gun-battle, the shooter was gunned down. He was rushed to Lohia Hospital where he was pronounced dead.