Criminal wanted for cop’s murder held after encounter

Agra: In a joint operation, STF and Agra police arrested a wanted criminal who had allegedly run over and killed a 24-year-old police constable, Sonu Chaudhary, after he tried to stop a tractor-trolley laden with illegally-mined river sand near UP-Rajasthan border in November last year.

The accused, Gabbar, was carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000 and was arrested after being injured in an encounter with police. Till now, 11 people have been arrested in the constable murder case. One is still absconding.

Talking with TOI, SP (Agra west) Satyajeet Gupta, said that acting on a tip-off about the movement of the suspect, police started checking vehicles near Navab Basai police station.

When the policemen tried to stop two bike-borne men, they tried to flee but their motorcycle slipped. The duo fired on the police in a bid to escape but one of them, Gabbar, got injured in the retaliatory firing by the police and was arrested. However, his associate, Ravi Singh, managed to escape. Gupta added that Ravi will soon be arrested.