Gangster killed in Basti, cop injured in cross-fire

Acting on a tip-off, a team from Chhawni police station rushed to Gauriya Nayan village on Wednesday morning to nab the gang of criminals, who were later spotted near Saryu river, Singh said. As the cops tried to move towards them, the miscreants spotted them and opened fire. The police team too fired back in retaliation. During the exchange of fire, sub-inspector Aditya Kumar Yadav suffered a bullet injury on his thigh in the incident, the SP said, adding that his condition was currently stable.

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While police were able to arrest three of Yadav’s associates — Dharmendra Kumar, Raj Kumar and Kamlesh Kumar, Yadav was found injured. He was taken to the district hospital where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival, Singh said.

Police claimed to have recovered four country-made firearms from gang’s possession.

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