Lucknow, July 05: A police constable was today killed in an exchange of fire with a group of criminals, who were trying to flee after a loot in Muzaffarnagar district.
The constable, posted with surveillance cell of the Muzaffarnagar police, was killed in the encounter near Dindauli village under Jhinjahna police station area, police said.
On getting a tip-off, that some miscreants connected with a loot case were fleeing in a car on the Shamli-Karnal road, a police team reached and challenged them which led to the encounter, they said.
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