The police received intel about the criminal and his associates' location following which an encounter ensued in which the wanted criminal was killed. The police also found mobile phones, cartridges and pistols. One Sub Inspector was also injured in the encounter.
The suspect was identified as Mohammad Zahid, alias Sonu, who was the main conspirator of the murder of two RPF constables in a moving train last month, the police said.
The incident took place on Wednesday night in the Tarrem area when a joint team of security personnel was returning after an anti-Naxalite operation in forests on the tri-junction of Bijapur-Sukma-Dantewada districts.
The joint team of four security forces were out on an anti-Naxalite operation in the hilly forests of Naranpur. The forces in operation included District Reserve Guards, STF, BSF and ITBP.
The Uttar Pradesh Police's Special Task Force (STF) made a significant breakthrough by capturing the primary suspect in the Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Recruitment Exam paper leak. Rajiv Nayan Mishra, nabbed from Greater Noida, faced charges related to cheating, forgery, and criminal conspiracy.
The captured individuals, including the alleged ISIS India head, will be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for further legal proceedings.
The accused are being further interrogated by the Intelligence Bureau and Special Task Force (STF). The time-bombs were recovered from Muzaffarnagar's Khalapar region.
An FIR in the case has been lodged under Indian Penal Code sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating), 467, 468 and 471 (all related to forgery) and under provisions of the Information Technology Act.
The operation, which took place at Pandumeta Hills under the jurisdiction of the Jagargunda police station, involved personnel from the CRPF, its elite unit - Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), Special Task Force (STF), and the district police force.
The joint action came after the STF received a specific tip about the functioning of an illegal arms manufacturing unit.
The 37-year-old man who allegedly has links with several people in Pakistan and suspicious elements in Kerala also married a number of women in several states.
Abdul Samad alias Saddam, the brother-in-law of slain gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed's brother Ashraf was also involved in many criminal cases, including those of murder, extortion, illegal mining and robbery.
During a joint operation conducted by the UP STF and Ayodhya Police in connection with the attack on a woman constable in Saryu Express, the accused Anish Khan was killed in an encounter. The police had announced a reward of one lakh rupees on the accused a few days ago.
Anil Dujana was gunned down by a team of Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police in an encounter, police officials said.
West Bengal: The man was booked under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, officials informed.
Uttar Pradesh Police STF: The STF team is headed by an Additional Director General (ADG) rank officer of the state, who is assisted by an Inspector General (IG) of police.
According to the top STF official, the insurgent group has been using country-made weapons on a mass scale in order to execute their plans and added more than 100 such weapons were recovered from the group.
PET 2022 news: An FIR has been registered against the accused under relevant sections in the respective police stations.
Following intelligence inputs, STF troops along with BSF carried out a search operation ahead of the fencing area on Thursday evening during which firearms including five semi-automatic AK 47 rifles (Pakistan made), 3 Colt rifles (US made), five pistols (China made) were recovered.
STF arrested one person and seized a pangolin after a raid near Abhimanpur village in Cuttack district. Case registered under multiple sections of IPC as well as Wildlife Protection Act.
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