Criminal held after encounter in Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ: A dreaded criminal was injured and arrested in an encounter after police teams, probing a cash loot, chanced upon a gang of robbers, and an exchange of fire took place between them near Akbarpur area under Kareli police station on early Wednesday morning.
The criminal Shera alias Shahrukh, against whom 17 criminal cases are registered in various police stations of the state, suffered gunshot in his leg, and was admitted to SRN hospital for treatment.
Shera hogged the lime light about two years back when he had made a threatening call to the security officer of actor Salman, Khan following a case was registered against him at Bandra police station in Mumbai. The Mumbai police had arrested him from Prayagraj but he was later bailed out.
SSP, Prayagraj, Satyarth Anirudh Pankaj said that a police team had an encounter with the Shera’s gang near Akbarpur area early Wednesday morning. The exchange of fire left Shera alias Shahrukh injured and was admitted to SRN hospital for treatment.
However, when the family members of the criminal came to know about his injuries, they created ruckus on the hospital campus after which the police arrested three women on the charge of creating ruckus on hospital campus.