Times News NetworkKanpur: A molestation and rape attempt accused was arrested by Etawah cops on Friday night during a police encounter on the Bojha-Ghughsina road. The accused was shot in the right leg in retaliatory firing. The injured accused was sent to the hospital for treatment.SP rural Etawah, Shrishchandra said that the police had received information about the molestation and rape bid of a nine-year-old girl in a village of the Bakewar police station area. The SP rural said that Bakewar Station House Officer Vipin Malik received a tip off that the accused in the case was at Ghughsina road.Based on the information, the police team reached the spot and surrounded the accused. On seeing the police team, the accused fired at cops with a country-made pistol. In retaliatory action the accused was shot in the right leg.The police have recovered one 315 bore country-made pistol, two live cartridges and two empty cartridges from the possession of the accused.
