CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, A criminal carrying a reward of Rs 25,000, who was wanted for shooting a woman in Saharanpur, was arrested last night by a joint team of Fatehpur and Biharigarh police after an encounter. According to the information received, Fatehpur and Biharigarh police in Chhutmalpur of Saharanpur district arrested Kadir, a resident of Birkhedi village of Nakur, a criminal carrying a bounty of Rs 25,000, after he was shot in the leg after an encounter near village Mirpur on Delhi-Dehradun Expressway last night. Let us tell you that the arrested criminal Kadir was wanted for shooting a woman in Tidoli village of Nakud. SP Dehat Sagar Jain said that Fatehpur police station incharge Dharmendra Singh along with his team was checking near Shakumbhari College between Chhutmalpur and Biharigarh last night on the information of an informer to arrest the wanted criminal. Then when the police team signaled a person coming on a motorcycle to stop, he started running towards Biharigarh, firing at the police team. The police officer of Fatehpur immediately informed the Biharigarh police and chased the miscreant. The miscreant surrendered himself near Mirpur. Seeing himself surrounded by police from both sides, he hid in the mango orchard.
When the police team asked the miscreant to surrender, the miscreant again fired at the police team. The miscreant was caught by the police after he was shot in his left leg in retaliatory firing by the police. The injured criminal Qadir son of Madan alias Irshad, resident of Birkhedi police station Nakud, was admitted to the hospital for treatment. Police have recovered a pistol, two cartridges, two shells, mobile and a stolen bike from Qadir.