Might 17, 2025 06:50 PM IST
Deputy commissioner of police (South) Nipun Agarwal stated the accused, Shoaib alias Ganda, was shot within the leg throughout retaliatory firing by the police and has been admitted to a hospital.
A suspected cattle smuggler was injured in police firing late Friday evening in Lucknow’s Gosaiganj space after he allegedly opened fireplace at a police crew. The operation led to the arrest of 5 members of an inter-state smuggling gang energetic throughout Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, police stated on Saturday.
The arrests adopted weeks of technical surveillance after police intercepted a 12-tyre truck transporting 20 cattle on the Purvanchal Expressway on Might 5. (Sourced)
Deputy commissioner of police (South) Nipun Agarwal stated the accused, Shoaib alias Ganda, was shot within the leg throughout retaliatory firing by the police and has been admitted to a hospital. Shoaib has a legal historical past together with homicide and cattle smuggling. He, together with Jabir, Faizan, Munir, and Firasat, was needed in a number of instances throughout a number of districts.
The arrests adopted weeks of technical surveillance after police intercepted a 12-tyre truck transporting 20 cattle on the Purvanchal Expressway on Might 5. The truck had mismatched quantity plates, and broke down throughout the chase. The smugglers deserted the truck and fled in a four-wheeler, police stated in a press assertion.
An FIR was registered at Gosaiganj police station underneath the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, Animal Cruelty Act, and Part 318(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Surveillance groups started tracing the suspects utilizing CCTV footage and digital monitoring.
Police recovered a country-made pistol (.315 bore) with one stay and two spent cartridges, 9 cellphones, and a automobile bearing registration quantity DL-1CAG-3934 used within the escape.
Throughout interrogation, the accused disclosed that they sourced cattle from districts reminiscent of Meerut, Rampur, Hardoi, and Muzaffarnagar. The animals have been then transported to Sasaram in Bihar for unlawful slaughter. To keep away from detection, the gang used four-wheelers to scout secure routes and bypass police checkpoints.
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