Varanasi: Nandganj police arrested a rewarded gangster after an encounter near Dhampur Gharwa turning in the wee hours on Tuesday.Ghazipur ASP (city) Rakesh Kumar Mishra said that on being tipped off about the movement of criminals, a Nandganj police team reached Dhampur Gharwa turning and started checking vehicles.Around 3 am, police signalled a vehicle’s driver to stop, but he opened fire and tried to escape. In retaliatory action, the criminal sustained a bullet injury in the leg and was nabbed. After recovering a country-made pistol and cartridges from his possession, police rushed him to the district hospital.Mishra said the man arrested was identified as Osiyar Bind (35) of Chandauli district. A total of six cases of cow slaughtering, Arms Act violations and other offences were lodged against him, and he was also booked under the Gangster Act. A cash reward of Rs 25,000 had been announced for information leading to his arrest.
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