Acid thrower on student killed in encounter | Acid thrower on student killed in encounter: fired on police team that went to arrest him near Gulala Ghat, shot in leg in counter fire – Lucknow News

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Let us tell you that Dilaram Baradari Chaupatia resident Sharad Tiwari, son of Lallan Prasad Tiwari, is an officer of the Vyapar Mandal. On Wednesday, his daughter Khushi (20) had gone to Chowk to meet her cousin Harsh Tiwari. The brother and sister were standing on the road in front of the Ramlila ground and talking.

Then a boy came and tried to talk to them. The brother and sister chased him away. The boy went some distance and then came back and threw acid on Khushi. Harsh also got burnt while trying to intervene. After this the young man fled from the spot.

Accused Abhishek was caught at this place.

Shot in the leg in counter fire

DCP West Durgesh Kumar said that considering the seriousness of the case, the police formed three teams which were searching for the accused. Then at around 1 o’clock in the night, information was received that the accused was hiding near Gulala Ghat. The police reached the spot and surrounded the accused. When he was asked to surrender, he opened fire on the police. In retaliation, the accused was shot in the right leg. During interrogation, the accused was identified as Abhishek Verma (20) son of Komal Prasad Verma, a resident of Lakhimpur. The accused was admitted to the hospital. What is his connection with the student is a matter of investigation.

The family had already expressed suspicion

After the incident, the family members had told the name of the accused as Aman Verma. They had told that he was harassing the student by calling her for the past few days. However, due to his name not being clear, the accused kept avoiding the police since morning.

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