UP STF and UP Police have taken major action in the Ram Gopal murder case in Bahraich violence. Police have arrested five accused. Out of these, Sarfaraz and Talib, the main accused of violence, have been caught in an encounter. During the encounter, both the accused were shot in the leg. Police admitted both the accused injured by the bullets to Nanpara CHC, from where they were taken to the district hospital. According to doctors, Sarfaraz's condition is said to be critical.

25-year-old Ramgopal Mishra of Rehua Mansoor village, who climbed the roof after stone pelting during the idol immersion procession in Maharajganj of Hardi police station on October 13, was shot dead. In this case, a case was registered against 10 people including six named including Sarfaraz alias Rinku, Taleem alias Sabloo, Abdul Hameed. There were many incidents including arson on the second day in the violence that erupted after the murder. After the murder, all the accused including Hamid had absconded. STF Chief Amitabh Yash had also reached for their arrest. Two teams were continuously searching for them.

On Thursday afternoon, all the five accused were trying to flee to Nepal, when the STF got the information. They were caught by laying a siege near Handa Bashari in Kotwali Nanpara area. As soon as the police reached the spot with Sarfaraz alias Rinku and Taleem alias Sabloo to recover the weapon used in the murder, both of them started firing at the police team with the weapons hidden in the bushes. In retaliation, both of them were shot in the leg. Both were hurriedly taken to CHC Nanpara. After first aid, they have been admitted to the district hospital. They are being told out of danger in the examination of the doctors. They have been kept under police protection in a special ward. The STS team is interrogating Abdul Hamid and the other two accused who have been arrested. So that the people involved in the violence can be exposed and legal action can be taken.

Police gathering in the hospital, movement of attendants banned

When the main accused of Ram Gopal murder case got injured in a police encounter, CHC Nanpara and District Hospital were converted into cantonments. The attendants were taken out of the wards. The entire campus was vacated. Police, PAC and RRF personnel were made ready. SP Vrinda Shukla, ASP City Ramanand Kushwaha, City Magistrate Shalini Prabhakar, Principal Dr. Sanjay Khatri and other top police officials remained present in the hospital.

Illegal weapons were also recovered

Two weapons have been recovered from the place where the encounter took place between the police and the accused. The SP said that both the weapons were kept loaded in a planned manner. If the police had not been active, they could have been injured. The injured accused will soon be questioned about the recovered weapons.

Those arrested

Abdul Hameed, Sarfaraz alias Rinku, Mohammad Talim alias Sabloo, Mohammad Faheem and Mohammad Afzal are involved in the Ram Gopal murder case. Sarfaraz and Talib are admitted in the district hospital. Hameed and others are in police custody.

Bahraich SP Vrinda Shukla said, the five main accused who killed Ram Gopal Mishra during the Maharajganj idol immersion procession have been arrested. Two have been shot in the encounter. The other three are being questioned.

Sarfaraz's arrest had become a challenge for the ATS

Ram Gopal, who climbed the roof after an altercation during the idol immersion on October 13 in Maharajganj area of ​​Bahraich, was shot. Sarfaraz alias Rinku, Faheem and Hameed were made accused in this murder case. All of them had absconded since the incident. After Ram Gopal died in the district hospital, it was revealed that all of them fled to Nepal from Rupaidiha border with the help of relatives. Police sources said that Hamid's elder son is living with his family in Nepal. After committing the crime, all of them reached there on 14th October, but on hearing that ATS was after them, they fled from there as well. In such a situation, ATS and IB teams were searching for them along with Nepali police.

Investigation is also being done on the alliance between Sarfaraz and police

It is being said that due to the work of bullion, Hamid and Sarfaraz have a strong alliance with the police. This fact is also coming to light in the investigation. Doubts are being expressed on the way Hamid and Sarfaraz managed to escape from the house after the murder.