Ghaziabad,

6 July (HS): Two criminals who tried to kill Amit Kishore Jain of Thana Link

Road by shooting him snatched the service revolver of a police constable and

fired bullets. The police also fired bullets in retaliation in which both the

criminals became lame. This incident happened when the police was taking the

criminals with them to recover the revolver used in the murder.

ACP

Shweta Kumar Yadav said that on June 18, at Link Road police station, the names

of Ashwani alias Dilawar resident of Ambedkar Nagar Bhud, Kotwali Nagar police

station district Bulandshahr and Amit Yadav resident of Shahpur Bamheta came to

light on the charge of attempt to murder Virendra Kishore Jain on Amit Kishore

Jain. Both were taken into custody. When both were questioned about the

motorcycle and mobile phone, they asked to recover the motorcycle and mobile

phone used in the incident by going to the spot.

During the recovery, the

accused Amit Yadav snatched the service revolver of a constable of Link Road

police team in an empty place behind the Kaushambi bus stand and fired at the

police team with the intention of killing. In the retaliatory firing done by

the police team in self-defense, Amit Yadav got shot in the leg, due to which

the accused got injured. In the same sequence, as told by accused Ashwani alias

Dilawar, while recovering the mobile phone used in the crime from the bushes

near the empty ground near the recovery spot Brajvihar railway gate, he took

advantage of the situation and took out the illegal weapon kept there and fired

directly at the police team with the intention to kill them.

The criminal got

injured in the retaliatory firing done by the police team in self-defense. Two

pistols, one motorcycle and one mobile phone used in the incident were

recovered from their possession. Both the accused have been arrested and sent

to hospital for treatment. Further legal proceedings are underway.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi