Kasganj encounter case main accused Moti Singh, wanted for killing cop, shot dead in UP

Moti Singh, main accused in the Kasganj encounter case was killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday morning. Moti Singh was the main accused in Kasganj case for killing a constable of Sidhpura police station and badly injuring the inspector.

Lucknow: Moti Singh, main accused in the Kasganj encounter case was killed in an encounter by the Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday morning. Singh was the main accused in Kasganj case for killing a constable of Sidhpura police station and badly injuring the inspector.

Kasganj Superintendent of Police Manoj Sonkar said that police received a tip off that Moti is hiding in a forest near the Kali river along with his aides.

When a police team was cordoning the area the miscreants opened fire, in retaliatory firing Moti was injured who subsequently succumbed to his injury.

"Injured Moti was taken to a primary health centre in Siddhpura from where he was referred to Kasganj district hospital. The doctors there declared him dead during treatment. Police also recovered the looted pistol (of the sub-inspector), cartridges and a country made pistol from the accused," Sonkar was quoted by PTI.

Moti Singh's body has been sent for postmortem.

Moti, liquor mafia kingpin, had been absconding since the day of the incident, when a constable of the Uttar Pradesh was beaten to death and a sub-inspector seriously injured when a police team went to Nagla Dheemar village in Kasganj to serve a warrant.

As per a police report, the cops were caught by Moti and his associates and severely thrashed, leading to the death of constable Devendra, the report said citing District Magistrate Chandraprakash Singh.

Following the incident, a case was registered against Moti, his brother Elkar and their accomplices. Elkar was killed in a police encounter on February 9.

Kasganj Superintendent of Police Manoj Sonkar told reporters on Sunday that six teams were formed for arresting Moti and a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh was announced for information on his whereabouts.