Injured in encounter, ATM thief dies during treatment in Pratapgarh: Police
Taufiq aka Babbu, who was on bail for stealing cash from ATM machine in Gujarat, was injured during an encounter in Pratapgarh on Saturday
An alleged ATM thief, who was injured during a police encounter at Babu Tara village in Pratapgarh late Saturday night, died during treatment on Sunday night, police said.
According to reports, joint teams of Lalganj police and SWAT team had raided Babu Tara village on Saturday night after a tip-off about presence of miscreants in the house of one Gaffar.
Police said the miscreants were planning to commit some heinous crime. However, when the police reached the site, the miscreants opened fire on them. Two constables Satyam Yadav and Shriram were injured and were admitted to hospital.
One miscreant identified as ATM thief Taufiq also received injuries and was admitted to hospital where he died while undergoing treatment, SHO Lalganj Kamlesh Kumar Pal said. He added that Taufiq aka Babbu was arrested in Gujarat for stealing cash from ATM machine and was recently released on bail.
Pal said Taufiq’s aide Khursheed was arrested later near Tilori Madarsa in Pratapgarh after an encounter and was sent to jail. Khursheed has a case of Gangster Act lodged against him at Sangipur police station, he added.
