Used to snatch people who were out on morning walk, accused arrested
Noida. There was an encounter between snatching criminals and the police in Noida Police Station Sector 39 area. These miscreants rob mobiles and chains from people who are out for a walk in the morning. While one miscreant got shot in the encounter with the police, the other one has absconded. The police have started a siege to arrest the absconding criminal. Police have recovered the stolen mobile phone, pistol and Apache bike from the injured criminal. The name of the arrested accused is Arif. Encounter during checking operation: On Saturday, Sector-37 was being checked by Police Station Sector-39, Noida Police. During this time, two people riding a motorcycle were signaled to stop. The bike rider did not stop. When the police team chased them, the motorcycle riders opened fire on the police team, on which the police chased the said motorcycle riding miscreants.
During the encounter near Sector-43, the police team fired in self-defence in which a miscreant was injured. The name of the injured criminal is Arif who is a resident of Ghaziabad. A miscreant fled from the spot. An Apache motorcycle (stolen), a 315 bore pistol, one spent cartridge and two live cartridges and a mobile phone have been recovered from the possession of the injured criminal. More than a dozen encounters are registered: Giving information about the criminal injured in the police encounter, Noida’s Additional DCP Shakti Mohan Awasthi said that the injured criminal is a vicious type and till now he has committed about one robbery and snatching in Noida NCR area. Work has been done to carry out more than a dozen incidents. Which has come to light in the initial inquiry. The search is on for his absconding accomplice. Soon he will also be arrested. Information regarding their other criminal history is being obtained from other police stations.
