Sultanpur: A water company engineer was murdered within the district on Saturday. The police have been looking for the accused. Round 2 o’clock on Saturday night time, the police had an encounter with the accused. The principle accused, a contract AE within the division itself, and one other individual have been shot within the leg. Each have been admitted to the Authorities Medical School for therapy. In line with the police, he was making an attempt to flee to Bihar by way of Varanasi. On Saturday morning, each of them collectively beat the engineer to dying within the metropolis space.

On this complete case, Extra Superintendent of Police Arun Chandra mentioned that Kotwali Nagar in-charge AK Dwivedi acquired data late Saturday night time that each the accused of the homicide, Amit and his confederate Pradeep, have been making an attempt to flee to Bihar by way of Banaras Highway from Dubeypur flip of town. On this data, the police staff laid a siege. At round 2 o’clock within the night time, the police noticed the miscreants coming.

On seeing the police staff, the miscreants began firing. Each ran in direction of the again of the airstrip positioned at Amhat in Kotwali Nagar. In the meantime, whereas chasing the miscreants, the police fired in self-defense. Amit Kumar and Pradeep, each residents of Madhubani, Sasaram district, Bihar, have been injured within the firing. They have been instantly despatched to the Authorities Medical School. He additionally knowledgeable that additional authorized motion is being taken on this case.