Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday, November 12, arrested a murder accused carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 after an encounter in Budaun district, in which the accused was shot in the leg and a police constable was also injured, news agency ANI reported, citing Budaun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ankita Sharma.

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The accused, identified by police as Mohammad Waris, was spotted on Khakrala Road at about 5 a.m. on Thursday. SSP Sharma said that when a police team pursued him, he allegedly opened fire on the team, and that he sustained a gunshot wound to his leg in the ensuing encounter while one constable was also injured. These are police accounts of the encounter; the accused is presumed innocent of the underlying charges until proven guilty in court.

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According to SSP Sharma, the case stems from a knife attack on November 7 within the jurisdiction of the Dataganj police station, in which two men were attacked with knives — one died on the spot and the other was seriously injured and remains under treatment. One accused in that case had already been sent to jail, and police teams conducted raids for five days to trace Waris, on whom the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Bareilly, had announced the Rs 50,000 reward, ANI reported.

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News agency PTI, reporting the original November 7 attack on November 8, said the violence broke out late on Saturday night at a Ramlila fair in the Dataganj town area after a dispute over payment for toys. PTI reported that Rohit, 23, was killed and Hrithik, 24, both residents of Behta Madho village in the Dataganj area, was seriously injured, and that the accused was a toy seller from Faridpur in neighbouring Bareilly district who fled after the attack. SSP Sharma had said at the time that one of the two accused had been taken into custody while efforts continued to arrest the other, and District Magistrate Avanish Rai and the SSP inspected the crime scene.

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Police said further legal proceedings are under way following Waris's arrest. The injured constable and the accused were taken for medical treatment, according to the police account carried by ANI.

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