Haryana Police on Monday claimed to have arrested five criminals after an encounter at Sector 55-56 crossing in Gurgaon during the intervening night of July 5 and 6.A spokesman of the Police department said the police recovered two country-made pistols, four live rounds of cartridges, two used cartridges, one master key, one screwdriver and white Bolero pick-up from their possession.He said when the police tried to stop their vehicle in which they were travelling, they opened fire and tried to escape towards Faridabad. During interrogation, they revealed that only a couple of days ago the leader of their gang namely Naim had returned from his village and had stolen a new pick-up van from Palam Vihar area. He went to his village in this stolen vehicle and on Monday he returned with heavy weapons and accomplices to commit a crime in Gurgaon.
The spokesman said the police had put up barriers on the Golf Course Extension road but the criminals opened fire on police and hit the police vehicle with their pick-up van and tried to escape. All the five criminals who were travelling in the pick-up van were arrested. The leader of the gang had remained at Bhondsi jail for about five years in a case of loot. It was two months ago that he was released from the jail.These five criminals included Naim, a resident of Sahson in Rajasthan; Farukh, a resident of Kala Khera in district Mewat; Honey, a resident of Kanwari in Rajasthan; Idrish, a resident of Fatehpur in Rajasthan and Tahir, also a resident of Ghatmika in Rajasthan.The police have registered a case against them under Sections 332, 252, 307 and 34 of Indian Penal Code and sections 25, 54 and 59 of Arms Act at police station, sector 55-56, Gurgaon. The police is further investigating the case.