The Ghaziabad police has arrested a criminal having a bounty of Rs50,000 on his head during night patrolling and vehicle checking on road in Kavi Nagar area of the city after a brief encounter. The accused has been identified as Ashok alias Tau a resident of Kanpur who is absconding in a case of robbery.
Police recovered country made pistol of .315 bore, 2 live and one used cartridge from his possession. The arrest was made near the central school located in CGO complex area on Wednesday when policemen on patrol signaled him to stop during routine checking of vehicles in area. However, when asked to verify his credential the accused open fired on the patrol party who also fired retaliatory shots. Subsequently, the accused surrendered and was eventually arrested.
The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ghaziabad Vaibhav Krishna said during sustained interrogation the accused allegedly confessed that in 2004, he committed a robbery in Sahibabad area in which he looted a gun from the security guard. In 2005, the police had recovered the gun but the accused remained absconding.
The accused is allegedly found to be involved in the cases of robbery committed in Greater Noida, Noida and in Ghaziabad said the SSP.