SIT to probe death of youth Cong worker at UP party office
Uttar Pradesh Police has set up a Special Investigation Team(SIT) to investigate into the mysterious death of a Congress youth leader Prabhat Pandey in the state party headquarters on December 18. On the instructions of the Police Commissioner, DCP Central Raveena Tyagi has formed the SIT.
A man carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest and his aide were gunned down in a police encounter while the duo was trying to kidnap two villagers in Saharanpur district Sunday, police said.
Acting on a tip-off that Ompal and his associate Vicky were planning to kidnap two villagers, the police reached Ibrahim village, SSP (Saharanpur) Upendra Kumar Agarwal said.
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An encounter took place between the police and the accused who were trying to escape after kidnapping the villagers, he said.
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Ompal and Vicky were killed in the encounter, the officer said, adding two policemen were injured in the incident.
Two pistols and a bike were seized from the accused, Agarwal said.
Ompal and Vicky were involved in several criminal cases in Shamli and Saharanpur districts, police added.