Mission Shakti: Women Cops Arrest Accused After Encounter In Uttar Pradesh

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Mission Shakti: Women Cops Arrest Accused After Encounter In Uttar Pradesh

The accused, Anis, was injured during an encounter with women cops and sent to a hospital.

Baghpat: Women cops of Uttar Pradesh under 'Mission Shakti' apprehended an accused following a shootout on Tuesday night.

The all-women Baghpat police team surrounded the accused, who opened fire on them, prompting in retaliatory firing. During the exchange of fire, the accused was shot in the leg and hospitalised.

According to police, the accused, identified as Anis, resident of Baraut in Baghpat had escaped after shooting his minor sister while she was being taken by the police to a Child Protection Home (CWC). The girl had made a narrow escape. Since then, police were in search of Anis.

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