Constable injured in shoot-out succumbs

A constable in Kannauj, India died from bullet injuries sustained during a shoot-out with a criminal and his family. The criminal and his family have been arrested.

A constable who sustained bullet injuries after a criminal and his family members opened fire at a police team in a Kannauj village on Monday evening, succumbed at a hospital in Kanpur on Tuesday during treatment.

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The deceased Sachin Rathi had joined the police force in 2019.

The bullet that hit the constable got lodged in his abdomen after passing through the thigh.

Reportedly, the police team went to serve a non-bailable warrant on the history-sheeter when he and his family opened fire at the police team.

SP Kannauj Anand Kumar Anand has confirmed the death, and the criminal identified as Ashok alias Munna Yadav, his son Tinku and his wife Shyama have been arrested. Following the shoot-out, Munna Yadav and Tinku also got injured. It is alleged that Munna’s wife Shyama provided the duo with arms and ammunition during the shoot-out.

Munna Yadav has around 20 criminal cases against him with history sheet 40A in Chibramau.

“Munna was helped by his wife Shyama who was providing arms and ammunition to her husband and son Tinku,” said Anand.

The criminal, the police said, was using the CCTV feed in the house to keep a check on the movement of the police team.

They tried to escape but they were cornered following a shoot-out.

Injured Rathi was first taken to 100-bed Chibramau hospital from where he was referred to hospital in Kanpur where he passed away.

The police have found a double barrel gun, two country made pistols, some crude bombs in the house.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday evening, the revenue department team surveyed Munna Yadav’s house.