Firing between Mining Mafia and UP police in Uttarakhand; 5 including SHO got shot, Woman Killed

In Uttarakhand, a woman was killed in the firing between the mining mafia and the UP Police. In the incident, 5 people including the SHO were shot. SSP Hemant Kutiyal said that this incident happened when the Moradabad Police of UP had gone to the Kunda police station area of ​​Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand on Wednesday to nab the 50 thousand prize crook and mining mafia Zafar.

The UP Police, which was in Uttarakhand to catch a criminal carrying a bounty of Rs 50,000, clashed with the locals, killing the wife of a Block chief in an ensuing exchange of fire.

During this, Zafar and his associates started firing on the police team. In retaliatory firing by the police, Gurpreet Kaur, wife of senior block chief Gurtaj Bhullar, was also shot and died. After the death of the woman, the angry villagers took the policemen hostage. Moradabad range DIG Shalabh Mathur, SSP Hemant Kutiyal, and SPRA Sandeep Meena reached the spot on the information about the policemen being taken, hostage.