IN BRIEF: Two criminals held after encounter

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Sunday arrested two wanted criminals involved in about 80 cases, including that of armed robbery, after a shootout in west Delhi, officials said. Acting on a tip-off about the duo's location in Madipur, multiple teams were formed to cover all possible exit routes in the area, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), Vichitra Veer, said. "The suspects were spotted at around 4:30 am. They opened fire when police asked them to stop, hitting the bulletproof jackets of some police personnel though no one was injured," the DCP said. The duo sustained gunshot injuries on their legs when police fired back. PTI

Murder convict held from Mumbai

New Delhi: A 46-year-old murder convict who jumped parole during the COVID pandemic was apprehended from Mumbai, Delhi police said on Sunday. Ajay Kumar Tripathi was found working in the metro city's Ghatkopar area with a food app as a delivery executive. He was serving a life sentence for killing a boy he had kidnapped from northeast Delhi's Bhajanpura area. On September 19, 2021, when his parole ended, Tripathi did not return. Police discovered that he had changed his identity to Akshay Kumar and moved to Mumbai with his three-year-old son. Tripathi, originally from Agra, holds a graduate degree and worked as a storekeeper when he had kidnapped the boy. PTI