Dreaded criminal gunned down in Jaunpur

Times News Network
Varanasi: In an exchange of fire with police, a dreaded criminal Kallu Pandey was eliminated in Jaunpur on Wednesday late night. He was involved in many cases of robbery, loot, murder and extortion. Police had announced a cash reward of Rs one lakh on his head.
According to SP Jaunpur Ajay Sahani, on getting inputs regarding arrival of some criminals, the police of Sarpataha police station alerted Shahganj and Khetasarai police stations and also special weapons and tactics (SWAT) personnel after which the area was cordoned.A massive checking drive was launched after midnight.
On noticing a motorcycle the police signalled its riders to stop but instead they opened indiscriminate fire on policemen. A constable Sanjay Kumar Singh suffered bullet injuries in hand while some bullets also hit the bulletproof jacket of SWAT in-charge AK Tyagi in this attack.
In the retaliatory firing by the police one miscreant was injured and fell down from the motorcycle while his accomplice managed to escape, said Sahani adding that the injured miscreant was immediately rushed to a local hospital from where doctors referred him to the district hospital. When the police reached the district hospital, the doctors declared the miscreant as brought dead, said Sahani. Apart from a pistol and a country-made revolver, several live cartridges, two mobile phones and a motorcycle were recovered from his possession.
Later, the miscreant was identified as Prashant Pandey alias Kallu Pandey of Sultanpur district. A total of 30 criminal cases including of murder, loot, robbery, extortion and others were lodged against him in Sultanpur, Jaunpur and other districts. Sahani said that a cash rewards of Rs one lakh including Rs 50,000 by IG Ayodhya, Rs 25,000 by Jaunpur and Ambedkarnagar police each were announced on his head.