Lucknow: A man accused of attacking a woman constable on board a train was killed in a joint encounter of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and local police in Ayodhya, police said on Friday morning. Two of his aides were also injured in the shootout and arrested.
The woman constable was found in a pool of blood onboard the Saryu Express near Ayodhya on August 30. Her face was attacked with a sharp weapon and she had sustained two fractures to her skull. She is currently undergoing treatment at a Lucknow hospital.
The accused, identified as Anees, was shot dead during the encounter in the Pura Kalandar area. The two associates, identified as Azad and Vishambhar Dayal alias Lallu, were arrested from Inayatnagar, ANI reported.
Prashant Kumar, Special DG law and order said, “The prime accused of the incident of attack on a woman constable onboard Saryu Express was killed in an encounter with police in Pura Kalandar, Ayodhya.”
The woman constable was innjured after her head was thrashed against the train window. When the train slowed down before Ayodhya, the three miscreants absconded, ANI reported.
The police then released images of suspects, extracted from CCTV footage at the railway platform and also announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh for information on the accused.
On a complaint lodged by the policewoman’s brother, an FIR was registered in the case under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging duty), and 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from duty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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