Criminal shot at in Atala locality of Allahabad

ALLAHABAD: A criminal was shot at by some miscreants in

Atala

area under

Khuldabad police station

of the city, on Tuesday. One of the three assailants was caught by the locals and thrashed before being handed over to the police.


The injured youth is undergoing treatment at

SRN hospital

of the city. Police are questioning the arrested accused.

According to reports,

Ehtesham

aka Tipu Atala was sitting outside his residence when three miscreants opened fire at him. Tipu received a bullet in his face and collapsed on the ground. The residents of the area surrounded the miscreants and nabbed one of them while remaining two managed to flee.

Soon, the

Khuldabad

police also reached the spot and took the nabbed attacker into its custody. SP City, Brajesh Kumar Srivastava said the attacker is being further questioned. Tipu has past criminal record and the attack may be fallout of a gang war for supremacy, he added.

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