Man accused of killing 4-year-old shot dead in encounter after attack on police
A man accused of kidnapping and murdering a minor girl was killed in an encounter in Gujarat's Anand district after he allegedly attacked police personnel
A man accused of kidnapping and murdering a minor girl was killed in an encounter in Gujarat's Anand district after he allegedly attacked police personnel with a concealed knife while trying to escape from custody, an official said on Monday. Two policemen were injured in the attack on Sunday night. The accused, whom the police shot in self-defence, later died during treatment, Inspector General of Ahmedabad Range Raghavendra Vatsa said. Read Full Story "A person accused of kidnapping and killing a minor girl has been killed in an encounter as he tried to escape after attacking police with a concealed knife on Sunday night.
Two policemen received injuries in the knife attack," Vatsa told reporters. Police identified the deceased as Suresh Parmar, in his late 20s. He was accused of kidnapping and murdering a four-and-a-half-year-old girl from Vasad in Anand district. According to Anand police, the girl was sleeping with her parents, who are migrant labourers, on a platform at Vasad railway station when she was abducted at around 9.15 pm on Saturday. Her body was later found on the railway tracks early on Sunday. CCTV footage from the railway station showed the accused taking the child away. Multiple teams from the railway police, Anand district police, the Local Crime Branch, the Special Operations Group and Vasad police launched a search operation.
Parmar, a resident of Borsad town in Anand, was arrested late on Sunday evening by Borsad rural police and handed over to the Local Crime Branch for further investigation, police said. Police said that while Local Crime Branch personnel were bringing Parmar to Anand town on Sunday night, he asked the escorting team to stop the vehicle, claiming he needed to vomit. After the vehicle stopped, he allegedly attacked two policemen with a hidden knife in an attempt to flee, injuring both of them. A sub-inspector repeatedly warned him to surrender, but he continued the attack, police said, forcing them to open fire in self-defence.
Parmar suffered a bullet injury and was taken to a hospital in Karamsad, where he died in the early hours of Monday. The case began with the abduction and killing of a four-and-a-half-year-old girl in Vasad and ended with the accused being arrested, allegedly attacking police while trying to escape, and then dying after police opened fire in self-defence, according to officials. Ends
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