Noida: The four gang members who rob people in Delhi-NCR after offering them the elevator in their car was arrested in Noida after a shootout with the police where two criminals were injured, officials said on Thursday.
Two defendants were arrested after they suffered injuries in the shootout Wednesday night while the other two, who had managed to escape from the place, were arrested during the preliminary operation later, officials said.
“Gangs usually pick up people from Delhi with the pretext of giving them a free ride.
They are targeting people to seek public transportation.
After reaching isolated points, they will forcibly take people’s items, cash or valuables Even they have and leave them.
On the service track, “said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Noida) Ranvijay Singh.
The officer said the Noida police received the gang input actively in the capital of Delhi-National (NCR), including Noida, and had tracked criminals involved in this activity.
“The 24-sector team of the police station has examined security checks on Wednesday night.
The four men were in the car when they were published to stop for an investigation.
However, they drove away and the police team chased them for suspicious activities,” Singh said.
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“At one point the car crashed into the road divider and the defendant, who was surrounded by police, opened fire on the police party, pushing a counter-attack.
Two of them were hit by police shots and held, while two people who managed to do it escape then during the preliminary operation,” he said.
The defendant had been identified as Virendra, Nadeem, Satendra and Jeetu – all Greater Noida residents and had more than two dozen criminal cases against them in the region, police said.
The police have taken illegal firearms and some ammunition from them and confiscated a car, while FIR has been submitted at the Sector Police Office 24 where further legal processes are taking place.