Uttar Pradesh
Magisterial probe ordered after encounter death in Uttar Pradesh
Bahraich/UNI: Following the death of wanted miscreant Panne Yadav in a joint encounter by the police and STF, the District Magistrate has ordered a magisterial probe into the matter here, police sources said on Wednesday.
The probe has been initiated after a letter by the Superintendent of Police. Naming the SDM Mahsi as the Investigating Officer, a report has been sought in 15 days.
As per sources here, Panne Lal Yadav, a resident of Gram Manaitapur in Gorakhpur's Gulariha, was a notorious criminal and had been absconding since many years. He also had a bounty of Rs 50,000 on his head.
He had been living in the Hardi area of Mahsi Tehsil in Bahraich. He had sustained a bullet injury in an encounter with a joint team of the police and STF Lucknow on the morning of July 10.
He later succumbed in the hospital.
SP Vipin Mishra had sent a letter to investigate the matter. Upon receiving the letter, DM Shambhu Kumar has ordered a magisterial enquiry into the matter.
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