“Uttar Pradesh: Murder accused Shahbaz killed in an encounter while trying to flee from custody after the vehicle carrying him overturned”, Opindia, September 20, 2023:

A 40-year-old dacoit Shahbaz, who was involved in a murder, was killed in an encounter by Uttar Pradesh police after he tried to flee from custody. The cops were taking him to court on 19 September when the vehicle overturned and he snatched the revolver of a sub-inspector and started shooting. They retaliated which resulted in his death.

Professor Alok Gupta was murdered on the intervening night of 18 and 19 September during a robbery at his house in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. According to reports, the 35-year-old’s residence in the Katra police station area of Shahjahanpur district was broken into when he woke up suddenly and tried to resist the culprits who attacked him with knives and gauged out his eye. He died due to multiple knife wounds.

His wife, father, brother, sister-in-law and children came to rescue him but they were also injured by the dacoits with sharp weapons.

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