Absconding accused in a failed burglary attempt at Neelkanth Colony under Shahjehanabad police station area was nabbed by police and recovered a country-made pistol, which was used to fire bullet and two cartridges from his possession. A reward of Rs2,500 was declared on his head after the incident. Police said that the Afroz Khan (24) was nabbed on Sunday after receiving information. The accused is a resident of Rambha Nagar Colony in Gautam Nagar.
Afroz was accused in a failed burglary attempt in which he escaped the spot by opening fire and went absconding and was nabbed on Sunday by Shahjehanabad police. The country made pistol recovered from Afroz’s possession was the same one which was used by him before escaping from the house targeted. Notably, on December 26, 2014, a burglary attempt was foiled by an alert neighbour at Neelkanth Colony under Shahejahanbad police station in which two miscreants entered to burgle, one was nabbed while the escaped miscreant opened fire at the neighbour.
Miscreants targeted a house of accountant with Woman and Children Department Pawan Nigam in Neelkanth colony and while they were busy in collecting valuables Nigam’s neighbor Ranjeet after hearing noise went to check the house and spotted two escaping miscreants. He challenged them and when he tried to catch them the miscreants attacked him with a sharp edged weapon and also opened fire with a country-made pistol.
Ranjeet made a brave move and nabbed one of the two accused while the other managed to escape. The nabbed accused was identified as Aleem Khan of Jhansi Uttar Pradesh. Aleem confirmed the name of other accomplice as Afroz. In the investigation, Aleem confessed that they used to mark vacant houses in the day time and would plan to target those houses in the night. Ranjit was later felicitated by the district police.