One UP dacoit vs 400 policemen: 3 cops killed,IG,DIG hurt

For the past 36 hours,a lone dacoit in a Chitrakoot village has engaged a force of around 400 police personnel,led by UPs top officers,in an encounter.

For the past 36 hours,a lone dacoit in a Chitrakoot village has engaged a force of around 400 police personnel,led by UPs top officers,in an encounter. Ghanshyam Nishad alias Naam has shot dead three policemen,including a company commander of the Provincial Armed Constabulary,and has injured IGP V K Gupta,DIG S K Singh and the Special Task Force in-charge of Allahabad,Navendu Singh.

Ghanshyam is hiding in Jamauli village,in a cluster of around 40 houses. After evacuating the villagers,the police set the houses on fire,hoping to smoke him out. But each time policemen tried to approach the house where he was hiding,they came under fire.

After the policemen were shot,Addl DGP (Law and Order) Brij Lal took charge of the operations and mobilized forces for a round of final attack. However,with darkness falling and police lacking night-vision devices or arrangements to light up the place,the operation was suspended till Thursday morning.

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It is now certain that Ghanshyam is alone and has one self-loading rifle and one rifle of .315 bore with around 250 around of bullets. He has hand grenades too. His SLR was burnt in the fire but he is still alive and has enough ammunition to fight for the next 24 hours, said Additional SP,Chitrakoot,Jugal Kishore who led the operations on Tuesday.

Addl DGP Brijlal who took over the operations on Wednesday said: We have lost three men. We will stop the operation only after getting Ghanshyam,alive or dead.

The Special Operation Group of Chitrakoot got a tip that Ghanshyam,who carries a cash reward of Rs 50,000,was in Jamauli for the birthday of his relative Raj Karan Nishad. When police raided the village at 11 am on Tuesday,Ghanshyam hid in a house and fired at them. He killed a constable,Shameem,and injured two. Additional forces were rushed and by the evening,all the villagers were evacuated.

On Wednesday when the police were searching for him,Ghanshyam shot dead PAC company commander Bani Madhav Singh and Mohd Iqbal,the driver of DIG Chitrakoot. In the next around,he injured the IG,DIG and the STF in-charge.

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Ghanshyam is so sure of his aim and is so quick in his attack and movement that we have yet not been able to find out his exact location,said an STF sub-inspector.

The operation was hampered by the lack of communication devices and back-up. The police tried to smoke out the dacoit by burning the thatched houses. Though he was seen twice shifting his location,sources said,the police failed to shoot him down.

Almost all houses were burnt except those built with concrete and cement, said Gaya Prashad,a villager. Nearly 30 thatched houses were burnt as the villagers watched. Is kaminey ke chakkar mein hamaar ghar jali gawaa,said Sukhiya,an 80-year-old woman.

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