Gujarat IPS officer hurt in UP shootout

IPS officer Himanshu Shukla, who is posted as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Vadodara, in Gujarat, was shot at in an area under the Ganjdundwara Police Station of Etah district, near Agra, in Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday night.

IPS officer Himanshu Shukla, who is posted as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Vadodara, in Gujarat, was shot at in an area under the Ganjdundwara Police Station of Etah district, near Agra, in Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday night.

Shukla, who belongs to the 2005 batch, is undergoing treatment at the S N Medical College and Hospital in Agra.

The officer had visited Agra in search of a criminal, Mehraj alias Guddu, a native of Sahawar Village of Etah district, who is wanted by the Gujarat Police in connection with a loot case.

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Following a tip-off, a team of Gujarat Police, led by Shukla, reached Agra and set up a trap in a village, where Mehraj was believed to be hiding. Shukla received injuries amid the cross-firing between the criminal and the police.

Additional SP of the district, Ganga Nath Tripathi, said that on receiving information that Shukla has been shot at, he immediately contacted his team. “The Gujarat Police had not contacted the Ganjdundwara Police Station before visiting the village,” ASP Tripathi said.

Meanwhile, Shukla said that his condition is stable. “I have received bullet injuries in my stomach but I am stable now,” he said. According to Shukla, the criminal fired at him near a canal while he was on way to the Gunjdundwara Police Station.

A case has been lodged against Mehraj under Section 307, 333 and 25 of the Arms Act with Ganjdundwara Police Station of the Etah district.

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