Wanted criminal arrested after gunfight in Moradabad: UP Police

Wanted criminal Mohammad Jafar, whose pursuit led Uttar Pradesh police into an Uttarakhand village earlier this week, was arrested from Moradabad on Saturday after an encounter, police said. Jafar sustained injuries during the gunfight and was discharged after treatment, an official said.

The development comes in the backdrop of a row between the Uttar Pradesh police and their counterparts in neighbouring Uttarakhand after the former raided a local BJP leader’s farmhouse in Bharatpur, in pursuit of Jafar.

The raid left Jaspur BJP leader Gurtaj Singh Bhullar’s wife, Gurpreet Kaur, dead, triggering police complaints on both sides. While the UP Police maintained that Kaur was killed in cross-firing between their team and Mohammed Jafar, the Uttarakhand police said their forensic team did not find evidence of cross-firing.