Criminal wanted in 2020 attack on Suresh Raina's relatives shot dead in encounter by UP Police
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Apr 1: A notorious criminal wanted in the 2020 attack on cricketer Suresh Raina's relatives was gunned down by police in a shoot-out in Shahpur area here on Saturday evening, police said.
"Rashid alias Chalta Firta alias Sipahiya, who carried a cash reward of Rs 50,000 on his head, was killed in an encounter," SSP Sanjiv Suman told newspersons here.
He said two motorcycle-borne men opened fire on the police personnel who had intercepted the duo following a tip-off that members of an inter-state gang were staying in Shahpur police station area.
In the retaliatory firing, Rashid was killed while his associate managed to escape. Two firearms were recovered from Rashid.
During the operation, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Shahpur, Bablu Singh, also sustained a bullet injury and was shifted to a hospital.
Efforts are on to nab Rashid's associate, the SSP said.
Rashid was wanted in dozens of cases of dacoity and murder, including the triple murder of three relatives of Suresh Raina in Punjab in 2020, the police said.
The incident had taken place in Pathankot's Tharyal village on the intervening night of August 19 and 20. Raina's uncle, Ashok Kumar, a contractor, had died on the spot, while Kumar's son, Kaushal, succumbed to injuries on August 31. Kumar's wife Asha Rani and two others were injured.
Three alleged members of a gang from district Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan were among those arrested in the case so far.
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Assam: 20 illegal immigrants pushed back to Bangladesh
Guwahati (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said 20 foreign nationals were apprehended in the state and pushed back to Bangladesh.
"Rude people don't understand soft language... We continuously remind ourselves of this prophetic line when we expel infiltrators from Assam who don't leave themselves. For instance, these 20 illegal Bangladeshis who were PUSHED BACK last night," Sarma said in a post on X.
He, however, did not share details pertaining to the location where they were nabbed or their nationality.
"Assam will fight, Pushbacks WILL CONTINUE," Sarma asserted.
Sribhumi, Cachar, Dhubri and South Salmara-Mankachar districts in Assam share 267.5 km of the international border with Bangladesh.
There is an Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Sutarkandi in Sribhumi. The northeast has a total of three ICPs along the India-Bangladesh border, the other two being at Dawki in Meghalaya and Akhaura in Tripura.
Another ICP in the region is at Darranga in Assam along the India-Bhutan border.
The Assam Police had earlier said that the force and the BSF would do everything possible to prevent any attempt by non-Indians to enter the country from Bangladesh, as per law, following a political turmoil in the neighbouring nation in 2024.
However, all Indian passport holders have been allowed to return from trouble-hit Bangladesh through the entry point in the state.
