Varanasi: A joint team of Dokati police station and SOG arrested a murder attempt accused, Dheeraj Singh (26), following an exchange of fire late on Friday. Police had kept a cash reward of Rs 25,000 on him.Ballia ASP (southern) Sanjay Verma on Saturday said that Dokati cops were busy in night patrolling late on Friday night, when they received information about movement of the criminal. Taking note of it, the cops cordoned off Dokati Dhala and tried to intercept Dheeraj. Finding himself surrounded by police, Dheeraj opened fire on the police team and tried to escape but was caught after suffering bullet injury in retaliatory firing by policemen.Police rushed him to hospital after recovering a country-made pistol and cartridges from him. During police interrogation, he confessed to have attempted to kill Sujit Kumar Singh of Lakshman Chhapra area with a sharp weapon on March 22.
