Wanted Puri criminal nabbed in encounter

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Wanted Puri criminal nabbed in encounter

Saturday, 19 October 2019 | PNS | PURI

Wanted criminal Bhagirathi Pradhan alias Bhagu was nabbed in an exchange of fire with police at Tarakarja Chhak near the Pipili over-bridge in Puri district late on Thursday night.

Getting inputs about the movement of Bhagu , police laid a trap for him near the Pipli over-bridge. But sighting the cops, he fired at them in a bid to escape from the spot.

But in the retaliatory firing by the police team he suffered bullet injuries in his left leg and was subsequently nabbed.

The cops seized a 9 mm pistol, live ammunition, and a motorcycle from his possession Bhagu, a resident of Balighat under the Talabania police station in was shifted to the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack, after preliminary treatment at a hospital in Pipli.

He is wanted in more than 20 criminal cases including extortion, attempt to murder and illegal possession of arms in different police station areas in the district.

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