Ghaziabad,

13 July (HS): Ghaziabad police arrested six criminals including three members

of the Bawaria gang during an encounter in two different police station areas

on late Saturday night during the Kanwar Yatra. Four criminals were injured in

the gunfight by the police and have been admitted to a government hospital for

treatment. Weapons have been recovered from the miscreants.

Deputy

Commissioner of Police (Rural), SN Tiwari said that on Saturday night,

Muradnagar police station team was on patrol from Kakra culvert towards

Hussainpur road to prevent crime. Then, on the information of an informer,

three suspicious persons were seen on the culvert on the way. When the police

stopped them, they got scared and opened fire on the police. The police, while

defending themselves, fired two rounds in retaliatory action in self-defense,

in which two youths were shot in the leg. Due to which they got injured and

fell down. The third youth tried to run away taking advantage of the darkness,

but the police caught him. Among the injured miscreants, Vikram and Ajay are

residents of Azad Nagar police station Chiksana district Bharatpur Rajasthan.

While the third miscreant is Veer Singh resident of New Vikas Nagar Loni.

On

interrogation, the accused told police that they were members of the Bawaria

gang. A few days ago, there was a theft in a house in Revada village in

Muradnagar area, about 15 days ago, there was a theft in two houses in Surana

village in Muradnagar police station area, a month ago there was a theft in

Didauli village in Muradnagar police station area, two and a half months ago

there was a theft in Dhindhar village in Muradnagar police station area, before

this also they were involved in a theft in Surana village in Muradnagar police

station. In Mussoorie, Vikram Binder Amrish Dharmendra alias Tiddi Chotu beat

him up during a theft and ran away and he admitted to having committed a theft

in Khekra police station area.

These

people told that we do recce and commit theft in the houses adjacent to the

fields in the village by forming a group. Our associates in this group are

Sanjay, Modi, Binder, Amrish Dharmendra alias Tiddi. Two pistols and a knife

have been recovered from his possession.

Similarly,

Bhojpur police station and SWAT team arrested miscreants named Vikas, Nandu and

Akash, residents of Shahjahanpur Modinagar, during an encounter near Kodia Wala

Mandir. Vikas and Nandu were injured by police bullets. When the injured

miscreants were questioned, they told that on 12th July, they had committed a

robbery at gunpoint at Indane Gas Godown located in village Talhata of Bhojpur

police station area. In which they had looted mobile phones and cash. After committing

the crime, one of their companions was caught while running away, who has been

arrested.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi