Bahraich Encounter: Two Suspects Sustain Bullet Injuries In Police Shooting. What We Know So Far

Bahraich violence: Five suspects in the Bahraich violence were shot by police during an encounter when they tried to flee to Nepal on Thursday. Two of them have sustained bullet injuries, police said. All of them have been arrested according to the UP Police. The violence had broken out on Sunday when a Durga idol immersion procession was targeted by unknown miscreants when it was passing through a Muslim dominated area. During the clashes, a 22-year-old person named Ram Gopal Mishra was shot dead while at least six others were injured in the stone pelting.

• The accused were allegedly trying to flee to Nepal, which shares a border with Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh, the officer said.
• Five accused in the violence have been arrested so far, Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Amitabh Yash said.
• On the encounter, Amitabh Yash said, "I have information of exchange of fire and gunshot injuries." He further said that the Bahraich police, investigating the murder and subsequent violence, has already established the link of one of the accused in Nepal.
• On Sunday, violence broke out at Maharajganj in the Mahsi tehsil of Bahraich district allegedly over loud music being played outside a place of worship during a Durga Puja immersion procession.
• Ram Gopal Mishra, 22, part of the passing group, died of gunshot wounds in the ensuing violence.
• The incident triggered vandalism and arson in the area with angry mobs torching several houses, shops, showrooms, hospitals and vehicles.
• The five, accused of fomenting communal tension during a Durga Puja procession and killing a 22-year-old man, were allegedly trying to flee to Nepal, which shares a border with Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh, the officer said.
• The gunfight took place in the Hada Basehari area under the Nanpara police station limits near the Nepal border, according to the official. Hada Basehari is around 15 km from Rupaidiha -- a transit point between India and Nepal.
• Director General of Police (DGP) Prashant Kumar said those arrested have been identified as Mohammad Faheen, Mohammad Sarfaraz and Abdul Hameed, who are named accused in the FIR -- and two others Mohammad Taleem alias Sabloo and Mohammad Afzal.
• According to Kumar, a police team arrested Faheen and Taleem. Acting on the information given by the duo, the team went to recover the weapon used in the murder in the Nanpara area, however, it came under fire from Hameed, Sarfaraz and Afzal. In retaliatory firing, Sarfaraz and Taleem were injured.

Violence broke out in Maharajganj in the Mahsi tehsil of Bahraich district on Sunday allegedly over loud music being played outside a place of worship during a Durga Puja immersion procession.

A local, Ram Gopal Mishra, 22, part of the passing group, died of gunshot wounds in the ensuing violence, triggering vandalism and arson in the area with mobs torching several houses, shops, showrooms, hospitals and vehicles.

With inputs from PTI