Wanted man nabbed after encounter in UP's Banda
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A man wanted in a robbery case was arrested on Thursday after an encounter with police here in which he suffered leg injury, officials said.
Acting on a tip off, a police team stopped bike-borne men near Chakia bridge during which one of them opened fire with a country-made pistol, Superintendent of Police Ankur Agarwal said.
He added that the police arrested Jitu, who suffered a bullet injury in his leg in retaliatory firing.
Jitu's accomplice managed to flee the spot, police said.
They said Jitu was involved in robbing a contractor, Motilal Verma, of Rs 80,000 after shooting him.
A country-made pistol and Rs 51,000 were recovered from his possession, they said.
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