<p>Gorakhpur: Police on Sunday arrested a wanted history-sheeter involved in a recent firing incident at a petrol pump following an encounter in the Gorakhnath area here, officials said.</p>.<p>The accused, identified as Sarfaraz, was caught by the Special Operations Group (SOG) following a gunfight in which his accomplice managed to escape.</p>.<p>On December 6, panic gripped the Ramgarh Tal area after Sarfaraz and others fired shots at a petrol pump near Taramandal Tiraha. CCTV footage of the incident helped police identify the culprits. Acting on intelligence inputs, police tracked Sarfaraz's location to Gorakhnath on Sunday.</p>.Peddler nabbed after mowing down constable in Assam, injured while trying to flee, says police.<p>As a police team led by SOG in-charge Suraj Singh surrounded him, Sarfaraz opened fire in a bid to flee. In the retaliatory firing, he sustained bullet injury in his right leg before being apprehended.</p>.<p>A .32 bore pistol, one fired cartridge shell, and four live cartridges were recovered from Sarfaraz, who was rushed to the district Hospital and later referred to the BRD Medical College for treatment.</p>.<p>Additional Superintendent of Police (City), Abhinav Tyagi, said police are trying to arrest the other persons involved in the petrol pump firing case. </p>
<p>Gorakhpur: Police on Sunday arrested a wanted history-sheeter involved in a recent firing incident at a petrol pump following an encounter in the Gorakhnath area here, officials said.</p>.<p>The accused, identified as Sarfaraz, was caught by the Special Operations Group (SOG) following a gunfight in which his accomplice managed to escape.</p>.<p>On December 6, panic gripped the Ramgarh Tal area after Sarfaraz and others fired shots at a petrol pump near Taramandal Tiraha. CCTV footage of the incident helped police identify the culprits. Acting on intelligence inputs, police tracked Sarfaraz's location to Gorakhnath on Sunday.</p>.Peddler nabbed after mowing down constable in Assam, injured while trying to flee, says police.<p>As a police team led by SOG in-charge Suraj Singh surrounded him, Sarfaraz opened fire in a bid to flee. In the retaliatory firing, he sustained bullet injury in his right leg before being apprehended.</p>.<p>A .32 bore pistol, one fired cartridge shell, and four live cartridges were recovered from Sarfaraz, who was rushed to the district Hospital and later referred to the BRD Medical College for treatment.</p>.<p>Additional Superintendent of Police (City), Abhinav Tyagi, said police are trying to arrest the other persons involved in the petrol pump firing case. </p>