In the past 24 hours, the country has encountered three defendants in three major criminal cases. Of these, two cases are from Uttar Pradesh and one from Maharashtra. Anuj Pratap Singh, one of the accused in the Sultanpur robbery case in Uttar Pradesh, was killed in a joint operation of the Uttar Pradesh STF and Unnao district police. While in Ghazipur, Mohammad Zahid was killed in a joint operation between UP STF and Ghazipur Police, where he killed two RPF soldiers and threw their bodies from a moving train. defendant in the case. In the third case, Akshay Shinde (23), accused of sexually assaulting two minor girls at a private school in Maharashtra’s Bhadrapur city, police said Killed in revenge. Let’s take a look at these three encounters and the criminal cases associated with them…
Anuj Pratap Singh encounter
Last month, on August 28, some miscreants entered the Om jewelry store of gold dealer Bharat Soni in Thatheri Bazaar, Sultanpur, in broad daylight and robbed goods worth Rs 1 crore and 35 lakh at gunpoint. In the CCTV footage of the Sultanpur robbery released by the police, Anuj Pratap Singh can be seen being the first to enter the store. He was the first to point a pistol at jeweler Bharat Soni and his son. Thereafter, four of Anuj’s companions entered the shop and started loading jewelery and money into their bags.
The leader of the gang is Vipin Singh, who surrendered before the Rae Bareli court a few days ago. Anuj is closest to Vipin. The two also committed robberies together in Gujarat. UP STF said in a statement that we received information that Anuj, armed with deadly weapons, came to Unnao Ganga Katri area with an accomplice and rode a motorcycle at night to Rae Bareli with jewelery from Sultanpur The store was looted.
Acting on this information, the STF team from Lucknow reached the Koluhagada-Achalganj underpass on the Rae Bareli-Unnao highway on September 22. The task force was divided into two teams and sealed off the scene to carry out investigation. A motorcycle came at high speed from Kolluhagada. The informant told the STF team that Anuj Singh and his associates were riding bicycles. An attempt was made to stop the motorcycle, but the driver attempted to swerve the vehicle onto an unpaved road. He slipped on grass and mud. When the STF team asked the accused to surrender, Anuj and his associates opened fire on the police personnel.
DSP Pramesh Kumar Shukla narrowly escaped. Superintendent of Police Ravi Verma was shot dead but survived because he was wearing a bulletproof jacket. In retaliatory firing, Anuj Singh was shot and fell on the roadside. He was taken to hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. ADG (STF and Law and Order) Amitabh Yash said Anuj Singh is a resident of Janapur village in Amethi district. His companion managed to flee the scene. Police have identified 14 people involved in the robbery.
Among them, two Anuj Pratap Singh and Mangesh Yadav were killed in the clash, while nine accused Sachin Singh ), Tribhuvan Kori, Pushpendra Singh, Durgesh Singh, Vinay Shukla, Alvin Arvind Yadav, Vivek Singh, Ajay Yadav and Vipin Singh are in judicial custody. The other three accused Ankit Yadav, Furkan and Arbaaz are still absconding. The police have seized all the looted items from Bharat Soni’s store, including about 2.6 kilograms of gold jewelry and 15 kilograms of silver jewelry. On September 20, businessman Bharat Soni’s merchandise was released. Following the court order, Kotwali in Sultanpur city has handed over 15 kilograms of silver and more than 2 kilograms of gold to jewelers.
Mohamed Zahid’s fate
On the night of August 19-20, two RPF soldiers, Javed Khan and Pramod Kumar, were on the Guwahati Express while trying to stop illegal liquor smuggling. Express). The bodies of the two men were then thrown from the moving train onto the tracks. The bodies of the two were found at different places on the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay-Dhanapur railway section. Police investigation revealed that the murder was linked to the liquor mafia in Bihar. Six of the murderers involved in the murder have been arrested while the accused Mohammad Zahid is absconding. The arrested defendants told police during interrogation that they first attacked two RPF soldiers and seriously injured them before throwing them from the moving train to different places.
Ghazipur police chief Iraj Raja said Mohammad Zahid was killed in a clash with police. Giving information about the encounter, he said: “Mohammed Zahid, one of the prime suspects in the murder of two RPF soldiers, was traced to a place near Dirdar Nagar. UP STF A joint team of Noida unit, GRP and Ghazipur police surrounded him, during which he fired at two police personnel, injuring two soldiers. In retaliation, Mohammad Zahid was shot and seriously injured. He was taken to an area hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. Police are questioning another arrested suspect in connection with the illegal smuggling of alcohol and are trying to identify others involved in the smuggling ring.
Akshay Shinde encounter
On August 12, the parents of two underage girls studying in a private school nursery reported incidents that happened to their daughters at the school to local MNS officials. MNS officials took him to Bhadrapur (East) police station. On August 12, based on complaints from the parents of two girls, the police registered a sexual harassment case against school employee Akshay Shinde. In response, people took to the streets. Massive protests also took place at local train stations. People demanded that the accused be hanged.
The school hired Akshay Shinde as a cleaner on August 1. On August 12, he was accused of sexually molesting a minor girl. Akshay’s first wife also accused him of having unnatural sexual behavior. In the first case, Akshay was lodged in Taloja jail. The crime branch of Thane police has taken Akshay from jail custody to investigate a case filed by his first wife.
Police said as soon as the van reached Mumbra bypass on the way to the crime branch, Akshay Shinde snatched away the revolver of a policeman and opened fire. The bullet hit Assistant Police Inspector Nilesh More in the thigh. Senior Inspector Sanjay Shinde retaliated, hitting Akshay in the temple with a bullet. He was rushed to Kalwa Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. API Nilesh More is hospitalized.
