PATNA: Khagaria’s Pasraha police station SHO Ashish Kumar Singh was martyred while another constable Durgesh Prasad Yadav was shot at in an encounter with a heavily armed gang of dacoits, in Ganga diara (riverine belt) of Khagaria district at around 1 am on Saturday. The spot is around 200 kms from Patna.Munger range DIG Jitendra Mishra told TOI over phone that one dacoit Shrawan Yadav was also killed in the encounter.“Yadav was rushed to hospital along with the SHO and constable for treatment but succumbed to his injuries,” he said.He said some more dacoits were suspected to be injured and a joint combing operation of Begusarai , Naugachia and Khagaria police was ongoing. “All hospitals in neighbouring districts were alerted,” he added.Police said Singh, a 2009 batch sub-inspector (SI), headed towards diara area post midnight soon after he was informed about a gang of criminals present there.“A team of two officers with small firearms, two district armed policemen with rifles, five home guards armed with bold action rifles and two chowkidars were with Singh. They were travelling in a tractor due to the area’s topography,” sources said.Police sources said the team, while chasing dacoits, had went far ahead and entered the jurisdiction of Parbatta police station where Singh got hit. The area falls at border of Khagaria and Naugachia town in Bhagalpur district Sources said that after receiving the information, police officials alerted the Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College and Hospital (JLNMCH) in Bhagalpur to remain on alert for receiving the injured SHO and constable. However, the SHO was declared brought dead at the hospital.

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