Uttar Pradesh: 2 Bahraich violence accused suffer injuries in police encounter

Five people accused of killing a 22yearold man were arrested in Bahraich Uttar Pradesh on Thursday October 17 following an encounter with the police news agency PTI reported Two of the accused have suffered gunshot injuries a senior officer said adding that the accused were trying to flee to Nepal which shares a border with Bahraich districtFive accused have been arrested I have information of exchange of fire and gunshot injuries Additional Director General of Police Law and Order Amitabh Yash told a news channelYash who is also the chief of the Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police said the Bahraich cops who are probing the murder and the subsequent violence that broke out in the district following it has already established the link of one of the accused in NepalDirector General of Police DGP Prashant Kumar said those arrested have been identified as Mohammad Faheen Mohammad Sarfaraz and Abdul Hameed Mohammad Taleem alias Sabloo and Mohammad Afzal Faheem Sarfaraz and Hameed have been named as accused in the first information report FIRAccording to Kumar a police team arrested Faheen and Taleem Based on the information given by them the team went to recover the weapon used in the murder in the Nanpara area of the district However the team was allegedly fired at by Hameed Sarfaraz and Afzal In retaliatory firing Sarfaraz and Taleem were seriously injured PTI reportedThey are being treated The weapon used in the murder has been recovered the UP Police chief said in a statement The condition of the injured duo is stated to be stableA doctor at a local health care centre said Two people were brought here around 235 pm One of them was named Sarfaraz and the other Taleem One of them had injuries on his left leg and the other on his right leg The bullets are still inside their bodies I have referred them to the district hospital in Bahraich for Xray and further management Both are in normal conditionViolence broke out during Durga Puja immersion processionThe violence broke out at Maharajganj in the Mahsi tehsil of Bahraich district on October 13 allegedly over loud music being played outside a place of worship during a Durga Puja immersion processionA local Ram Gopal Mishra who was part of the passing group died of gunshot wounds in the ensuing violence triggering vandalism and arson in the area with mobs torching several houses shops showrooms hospitals and vehiclesMeanwhile Rukhsar the daughter of Hameed the landlord accused of firing at Mishra released a video stating Around 4 pm yesterday my father and two brothers Sarfaraz and Faheem and another youth were picked up by the UP STF My husband and brotherinlaw have already been picked up There is no news of them We fear that they may have been killed in an encounterShortly after the encounter the Samajwadi Party took to social media alleging rampant crimes in the state and questioned if riots and encounters were being staged to divert peoples attention from lawandorder issuesCrimes are rampant in the BJPYogi government jewelery of women sisters and daughters is being stolen and snatched Are riots being instigated to divert public attention from these crimes and are encounters being carried out to hush the matter the partys media cell posted on XIt also attached a clip of a Hindi news article with the headline Chain looted from a medicine trader by goons near a state ministers house in MuzaffarnagarWith PTI inputs