A robber injured and arrested in an encounter in Kaushambi Prayagraj: A team of Kokhraj police arrested a robber along with his two aides in an encounter in Kaushambi district late on Wednesday night.The police received a tip-off that three members of an inter-district robbers’ gang, allegedly involved in the Pratapgarh jewellery loot case, were moving near Shahzadpur road to execute a crime.During a checking drive near Teri Pulia-Shahzadpur road, the police tried to intercept three men on a bike. But they opened fire on the police. In retaliatory firing by the police, one of the criminals got injured and was arrested.The injured criminal, identified as Ritesh alias Sonu, a resident of Fatehpur, was admitted to the district hospital for treatment. His two key aides — Suraj Paswam and Sunil Pal, residents of Khakhareru — were also arrested after a brief chase.Cops have seized one country-made pistol of 0.315 bore along with two used cartridges and one live cartridge, looted gold and silver jewellery and a stolen bike near the spot.The gang leader Ritesh has six criminal cases pending in different police stations of the state. He admitted that he, along with his accomplices, had looted cash and jewellery worth Rs 6 lakh from the Pratapgarh-based jeweller on Oct 1 near Muratganj toll plaza road under the limits of Kokhraj police station. The bike recovered from the criminals was stolen from the Dhoomanganj area of the Sangam city a month back.