5 inter-state criminals nabbed after encounter in Gurugram
The Gurugram police nabbed five inter-state criminals following a brief encounter on Thursday night. The accused, who were planning to commit robberies, fired shots at the police team. Two of the miscreants were injured in the retaliatory firing.
The accused were identified as Hoshiyar Khan; Biladin, alias Billa; Shahrukh; Mohammad Nasim and Salim. Following the encounter, officials arrested Shahrukh, Mohammad and Salim while Hoshiyar Khan and Biladin have been sent to hospital for treatment.
The police have impounded a CNG auto-rickshaw, three countrymade pistols, five cartridges and eight empty bullet shells from them. An FIR was registered at the Sector 56 police station.
The police had received information that the accused were on their way towards the Golf Course Extension Road to commit robbery, following which the team, led by Inspector Vishwa Gaurav, reached the spot to nab the accused.
The officials set up a barricade on the road, where they spotted an auto-rickshaw without a number plate. When the police team signalled them to stop the vehicles, they tried to escape and hit the barricade and police vehicle. Five men got off the auto-rickshaw and started running towards the forest while firing at the officials.
In the process, a bullet hit the bullet proof jacket of Inspector Gaurav while another hit the window of the police vehicle.
Following this, the police team opened fire at the miscreants while a bullet each hit two accused. After being shot, both accused fell on the ground and were nabbed by the police team.
A senior police official said eight rounds were fired in the encounter, out of which four were fired by the accused and the police each.
“During police interrogation, the accused revealed that they had also committed another theft in Gurugram. The trio, who was arrested, is being questioned while those injured will be arrested after being discharged from the hospital,” said a spokesperson of the Gurugram police.
