The girl was returning home in an auto rickshaw where a male was sitting who first tried to snatch her phone and after hitting her on her head took the auto to a secluded place where she was sexually assaulted
The police said the accused were identified as Saroj Pandey (26) and Ranjit Upadhyay (28) who owns a jewellery shop in the district and does odd jobs respectively
The police said Jaffar (40) from Kakar Kheda village in Moradabad was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head, which was Rs. 50,000 until October 13 when the UP Police personnel got injured during the arrest operation
Mani Lal Patidar, a 2014 batch IPS officer of UP was evading arrest in death of Mahoba based businessman, Indra kant Tripathi who was found dead in 2020 with gunshot wounds
The incident took place at Windsor Paradise Society in Raj Nagar Extension where the newly arrived resident was questioned by the security guard posted at the society gate
The officials said that five police personnel from Moradabad Police to arrest wanted gangster Jafar from Udham Singh Nagar who got injured in the clash, in which cross-firing took place