An official stated the encounter occurred within the Matguvan police station space. (Representational)
Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh:
A legal was injured in an encounter after he snatched a policeman’s revolver in an try to flee custody in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district, police stated on Monday.
The encounter occurred within the Matguvan police station space late on Sunday evening, an official stated.
Chhatarpur’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Agam Jain stated the police had arrested Ravindra Singh Parihar, carrying a reward of Rs 30,000, from Pithampur in Dhar district and have been bringing to Chhatarpur.
He stated the police automobile was stopped for a break between Matguvan and Chhatarpur, and whereas alighting, the accused snatched the pistol of a policeman and opened fireplace in an try and flee.
The police workforce fired retaliatory pictures, and Parihar sustained a gunshot wound to his leg and is present process remedy on the district hospital, he stated.
The SP stated Parihar has 12 circumstances to his title, together with extortion and homicide.
Final week, Parihar had opened fireplace at a police workforce after they tried to arrest him in Deri village of the district, he stated.
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