New Delhi: At a time when the Uttar Pradesh government is under fire for allegedly targeting Yadavs, police in Sultanpur shot in the leg of another person from the community in an alleged encounter on September 20, two weeks after a Yadav youth Mangesh Yadav was shot dead in a similar fashion in connection with a dacoity case.

Police said they shot Ajay Yadav alias DM in an alleged “encounter” after a bike he was travelling on was allegedly intercepted by police. He was injured and arrested.

The bike carrying two suspects was seen going towards Ambedkar Nagar when police, which had set up a checkpost, asked them to stop. The suspects fired at the police team, said the UP Special Task Force, which was part of the operation.

“They fired at the police with the intent to kill,” Superintendent of Police Sultanpur Somen Barma said, adding that one of the suspects, Ajay Yadav, was shot in the leg in retaliatory firing in self-defence.

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