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NOIDA: A candidate for the zila panchayat polls allegedly fired upon cops when a police team raided his house in Dadri on information that he was in possession of illicit liquor supposed to be distributed to voters.
Police said Mukesh Gurjar, who is contesting the local zila panchayat member polls, opened fire as soon as he spotted cops outside his house in Nangla Nainsukh village on Sunday.
Dadri SHO Rajvir Singh told TOI, “He was spotted outside the house, but he got alarmed and fired one gunshot before escaping. An FIR is being lodged against him. Mukesh has a criminal history, and is wanted in cases of causing hurt and under the Arms Act.”