2 weeks ago
Sagar Liquor Case Suspect Shot During Police Encounter
Police were looking for Shivanjay Rajput in a case involving allegedly fake or unsafe liquor.
They found him near a forest early Sunday.
Police said he fired three shots at them.
Officers fired back, and Rajput was hit in the leg.
He was arrested and taken to a hospital.
Doctors said his condition was stable.
Police said he may have helped make the liquor.
The number of arrests in the case has now reached 19.
Police arrested Shivanjay Rajput after he was shot in the leg during an encounter near Kathua Nala forest.
Police said Rajput allegedly fired three rounds at a search team before officers returned fire.
Rajput, who carried a ₹30,000 bounty, was taken to hospital and is in stable condition.
Police said arrests in the spurious liquor case have reached 19, with cases registered against 30 people.
Authorities recovered a country-made pistol, six cartridges, a mobile phone and a motorcycle from Rajput.
- Who
- Shivanjay Rajput, police officers, and other suspects in the Sagar spurious liquor case.
- What
- Rajput was arrested after being shot in the leg during a police encounter; total arrests rose to 19.
- Where
- Near Kathua Nala forest under Bahrol police station in Madhya Pradesh.
- When
- Early Sunday, two days after another suspect was arrested in a separate encounter.
- Why
- Police were searching for Rajput because he was wanted in connection with the spurious liquor incident and was allegedly involved in brewing the liquor.
Key facts
- Suspect
- Shivanjay Rajput, 21, a resident of Chhapri village
- Bounty
- ₹30,000
- Arrests
- 19 people arrested in the case
- People booked
- Police registered a case against 30 people
- Police account
- Rajput allegedly fired three rounds; police fired two rounds in retaliation
- Recovered items
- A country-made .315-bore pistol, three live cartridges, three empty cartridges, a mobile phone and a motorcycle
- Earlier encounter
- Ravi Lakhera, who also carried a ₹30,000 reward, was arrested two days earlier
Sources
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