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According to DCP South Nipun Agarwal on Saturday, a police confrontation near the Purvanchal Expressway toll within the boundaries of the Gosainganj police station in Lucknow wounded a suspected cow smuggler.

Information on a 12-tyre truck was received on May 5 in the vicinity of the Gosainganj police station, close to the Purvanchal Expressway toll. About 20 livestock were retrieved by the police from there. The cow traffickers had fled in a vehicle, according to CCTV video,” Agarwal added.

Police then learned that the accused had been through the region, he said. “The accused was driving a white automobile when the police attempted to halt it, and one of them shot at them. The accused was shot in the leg as a result of police retaliating with gunfire.

Shoaib has been recognized as the wounded accused. Agarwal said, “More than 8 FIRs are registered against him,” noting that the two other people in the vehicle with Shoaib were able to get away.

More information is anticipated and an investigation is still under progress.

In a different Agra incident on May 6, the Agra Police killed a murder suspect in retaliatory shooting when they were conducting an operation to apprehend him and two other people in relation to a murder case. The confrontation also resulted in injuries to police officers.

The culprit, who passed away in the hospital after an altercation with the police, was identified as Aman, who, together with his brother Sumit and Farooq, was responsible for the murder of Yogesh Chaudhary, the proprietor of Balaji Jewellers, according to Agra Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar.

“The deceased’s store was looted by two individuals. During an interaction with police this morning, one of them, Aman, who had fired guns during the crime, sustained injuries. In the hospital, he passed away. The event also implicated his brother Sumit. Aman and Sumit were observed traveling on the pillion of a motorcycle driven by another individual, Farooq,” Kumar said reporters.

Hemant, who told us about the three accused, owned the motorcycle, according to the Commissioner. “The police have recovered stolen goods, including gold, from the accused, who are all residents of a village that falls under the Jagdishpura Thana,” he added, adding that Farooq, who has a reward of Rs 50,000 in his name, is still evading capture.