Police Encounter Kills Kidnapper in Hardoi, UP

Sudhanshu Mishra, Hardoi: A police encounter broke out in Hardoi, UP in the wee hours of Wednesday. Police killed a miscreant accused of kidnapping a 7-year-old boy, killing him and burying his body in the field. During this encounter, the SOG in-charge has received a bullet injury in his hand, who is undergoing treatment. The miscreant has 12 cases registered against him in different districts. The miscreant, Mainoor alias Noor alias Mehnuddin, was carrying a reward of 50 thousand rupees. Haji Aqeel Khan, a resident of village Matiamau in the Kotwali area, along with his son had gone to see the Urs Mela in the village on the evening of May 1, from where he went missing. Police started investigation by filing a report on the basis of the tahrir. According to Aqeel, on May 3, they received a call. The caller said, Your son Abu Saleh is with me. Rs.