Mathura (UP), February 26: A member of an inter-state gang dealing in smuggling of branded liquor was shot dead while two constables were injured in an encounter at the outskirts of Hodal town here today, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Sanjai, a resident of Hanuman Nagar in old Faridabad.
Earlier, on a tip-off that branded liquor was being smuggled to Haryana by a truck, police tried to intercept the vehicle.
However, occupants of the vehicle started firing and attacked the police personnel with iron rods before fleeing.
“Police gave a chase to the smugglers and shot dead one of them in an encounter when their truck got struck in wayside garbage at the outskirts of Hodal,” Superintendent B D Paulson said, adding rest of the gang members managed to escape.
–Agencies