Gangster in police escort killed in car crash in Guna

LUCKNOW: A man against whom Gangster Act was slapped died, while four persons, including two policemen, suffered injuries when the car in which they were travelling to Lucknow from Mumbai met with an accident at National Highway 46 in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday.
A team of Thakurganj police consisting of sub inspectors Jagdish Pandey and Rajeev Singh had raided the house of accused Firoz Ali aka Shami of Bahraich needed under the Gangster Act since 2018.He was accused in over ten cases of loot and dacoity, the police said. “In 2019, the police had also sought anNBW from the court against Ali and then on information of him being in Mumbai a team was sent there,” said a senior police officer.
The team left for a slum area in Nalasopara locality in Mumbai and raided Firoz’s house on Saturday. The team left for Lucknow and in the car Firoz’s relative who resides in Lucknow was also present besides the policemen and the driver.
“When they reached Chachoda police station in Guna, the car hit a blue bull and overturned,” said Lucknow police commissioner Sujeet Pandey.
He said that in the accident the accused Firoz died, while four others, including the policemen, the deceased’s relative Afzal and car driver, suffered injuries. They have been admitted to a private hospital in Raigarh locality near the accident place.