Deoria, Dec 22 || One cattle smuggler was injured, and two others were arrested in an encounter with the police in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria district in the early hours of Monday.
An encounter took place between police and cattle smugglers in the Salempur police station area. During a vehicle check near Dhanauti Rai village, police stopped a vehicle that was being used to smuggle cattle.
When the criminals saw the police, they opened fire. In the exchange of gunfire, one of the suspects, Bholu Yadav, was shot in the leg and injured. The police also surrounded the area and arrested two other suspects, Narayan Yadav and Nagendra Kumar, at the scene. The injured criminal was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Police recovered an illegal pistol, live and spent cartridges, the vehicle used in the smuggling, and the cattle from the spot.
A case has been registered at Salempur Police Station under relevant sections, and further legal action is being taken.
A joint police team from Salempur and Lar Police Stations, led by Salempur Station Head Mahendra Kumar Chaturvedi, carried out this operation.