Liquor smugglers allegedly shot at and injured an excise inspector while he was checking vehicles for illicit liquor with his team near Morta village on Delhi-Meerut road.
"After a tip-off, excise inspector Varun Kumar was checking vehicles to nab the liquor smugglers," said Excise Assistant Commissioner DN Singh.
When he signalled an approaching truck to stop for checking, driver did not halt the vehicle and smugglers following the truck in a car fired at the inspector to give a cover to the truck, he said.
Kumar received bullet injury in right leg and was rushed by his staff to a nearby private hospital.
However, Sihani Gate Police Inspector Ashok Shishodia has contradicted the version of excise inspector and said he received pellet injuries in celebratory firing at a marriage ceremony.
"An inquiry has been started into the so called shoot-out. Chief development officer has been deputed to probe into the matter and report," District Magistrate Vimal Kumar Sharma said.
