AGRA: A 29-year-old man, wanted in several criminal cases including the recent rape of a 65-year-old woman, was killed in a police encounter in Mathura Friday night. Police said Manoj Kumar alias Uttam, “fled from their custody” on Friday morning and “when cops tried to apprehend him at night in a rural area of the district, he shot at them”.
Mathura SSP, Shailesh Kumar Pandey, said on Saturday, “Police retaliated in self-defence and the hardened criminal sustained injuries and died.We are checking his criminal records and investigating the matter.”
On May 26, Manoj allegedly raped an elderly woman when she was on her way home. The accused offered her a lift on his bike and took her to a deserted place where he violated her. He also took her jewellery. A case was subsequently filed against him under IPC section 376 (rape) and police teams were searching for him.
After a tip-off on Thursday, police arrested him at Jagdishpur underpass on the Yamuna expressway. Seeing the cops, he fired at them and tried to flee. In retaliatory fire, he sustained injuries in his legs and was admitted to district hospital around 3am. Around 11am on Friday, Manoj fled from hospital premises while going to the toilet. Police laid a trap to arrest him. Manoj was alone on a bike and seeing the cops, he started firing and got killed in the ensuing “encounter”.
Mathura SSP, Shailesh Kumar Pandey, said on Saturday, “Police retaliated in self-defence and the hardened criminal sustained injuries and died.We are checking his criminal records and investigating the matter.”
On May 26, Manoj allegedly raped an elderly woman when she was on her way home. The accused offered her a lift on his bike and took her to a deserted place where he violated her. He also took her jewellery. A case was subsequently filed against him under IPC section 376 (rape) and police teams were searching for him.
After a tip-off on Thursday, police arrested him at Jagdishpur underpass on the Yamuna expressway. Seeing the cops, he fired at them and tried to flee. In retaliatory fire, he sustained injuries in his legs and was admitted to district hospital around 3am. Around 11am on Friday, Manoj fled from hospital premises while going to the toilet. Police laid a trap to arrest him. Manoj was alone on a bike and seeing the cops, he started firing and got killed in the ensuing “encounter”.
