Varanasi: A cattle smuggler was arrested after sustaining a bullet injury in an exchange of fire with Garhwar police near a culvert in the Shahpur area early Saturday. According to police, Sugni Nutt, 32, and his gang members allegedly smuggled cattle through Bihar for slaughter.Ballia CO City Satish Kumar Sharma said Garhwar police personnel were patrolling at night when informers alerted them to the movement of cattle smugglers. Acting on the tip-off, the police team reached a canal culvert near Shahpur Nat Basti. On seeing himself surrounded, Sugni allegedly opened fire at the police team and attempted to flee.The police retaliated, injuring Sugni in his left leg before apprehending him, Sharma said. The police recovered a country-made pistol and cartridges from him and subsequently sent him to a hospital in Ratsar.During questioning, Sugni confessed that he and his gang members had long been involved in tying up stray cattle, loading them into vehicles and transporting them to Bihar for slaughter.
