Criminal shot in leg in police encounter
Ghaziabad : Mussoorie police station has arrested a criminal after the encounter. The captured criminal was injured by a bullet, while his accomplice managed to escape. Police have recovered the stolen scooter, pistol and cartridges from the miscreant. More than a dozen cases have been registered against the arrested criminal. Dehat Zone DCP Vivek Yadav said that late on Saturday night, Mussoorie Police was checking the area to prevent criminal incidents. Then the police got information from the informer that two scoundrels riding a scooter were planning to commit some criminal act and they were seen near the outpost jail. He said that after receiving the information, the police swung into action and started searching for the miscreants.
In this sequence, the miscreants and the police came face to face near Bamba Canal on the way to the canal. Seeing the police, the miscreants opened fire and started running away. In retaliation the police also opened fire. In which a bullet hit the leg of a miscreant and he fell. After this the police caught him, while his other companion escaped taking advantage of the darkness. ACP Mussoorie Naresh Kumar said that the name of the arrested criminal is Gufran alias Guddu, son of Irfan, resident of Yasin Garhi town, Dasna police station Wave City. The criminal is a vicious criminal and 15 cases of theft, robbery, dacoity and gangsterism are registered against him in Hapur, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad. Mussoorie police station in-charge Naresh Kumar Sharma said that the criminal has been admitted to the hospital for treatment. Where he is undergoing treatment in police custody. After this he will be presented in the court. After interrogating the criminal, his absconding accomplice is being searched. Which will be caught soon. The recovered scooter was stolen from Delhi. Whose case is registered in Delhi.
