Noida: Two suspected of snatchers on the prowl were arrested in Noida after a shootout with police on Wednesday morning where one of them suffered a shoot injury, officials said.
Deputy Commissioner of the Supplement Police (Noida) Ranvijay Singh said the shootout broke out near a hotel in sector 56 when the duo on a motorcycle was intercepted by the officials of the Sector Police Office 58.
“The defendant accelerated their motorcycle which did not have any registration number on it, but Surrounded by a police team.
They opened a shot on police personnel to escape but one of them was hit by a reply and was held.
The others managed to escape from the place but were arrested later, “Singh said.
The injury was sent to the hospital for treatment and then taken to police custody, police said.
The duo has been identified as Rohit Singh and Siddharth, both of them were twenties and residents of Morna Village in Noida, police said.
Rohit has seven pine relating to edit and theft, among others nesting against it at various police stations in Noida, while Siddharth faces four cases, they said.
After the meeting on Wednesday, the police won four stolen cellphones and the state-made gun along with several bullets from their ownership, and confiscated their motorbikes.