Bareilly: 2 of gang that robbed jeweller of Rs 15L gunned down in ‘encounter’

The accountant sustained a gunshot injury in the head. Geetesh Kapil, station house officer of City Kotwali police station, and constable Praveen suffered bullet injuries during the alleged encounter.

The Bareilly SSP’s spokesperson said, “At around 5.30 am Monday, businessman Vimal Agarwal, his employees Kamta Prasad and Sumit were on their way to the railway station in a taxi. At Kohdapeer crossing, five youths on two motorcycles overtook and intercepted the vehicle. Three of them got down and snatched a bag containing cash from Sumit. When the latter resisted, one of the robbers opened fire. He then snatched the bag and escaped.”

An alert was sent to all police stations soon after the incident.

Senior Sub-Inspector Pramod Kumar said, “At around 2.30 pm, a police team spotted five persons approaching on two motorcycles near Alalpur locality.”

He claimed that when the team tried to stop them, they opened fire. The team also fired in retaliation, he added.

After a few minutes, the gang allegedly stopped firing. The police team moved closer to find two of its members lying injured. They were taken to a hospital where they were declared brought dead.