A 34 year-old notorious criminal who was released from prison two months ago, was arrested with his woman accomplice after a brief encounter which took place on the intervening night of Wednesday-Thursday at Delhi’s North West Subhash Place area. Delhi Police has also recovered a country made pistol, a stolen Royal Enfield bike and two gold chains from the possession of the duo.
The accused identified as Shrikant Reddy alias Appu, a resident of Delhi’s Rohini Sector-7, is found previously involved in 12 cases of murder, attempt to murder, robbery, snatching and Arms Act registered across the national Capital. Police said that the woman Pooja (20) was friend with accused and was cahoots with the accused in the recent robbery which was committed after the accused was released from prison.
According to Vijayanta Arya, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North West district, on the intervening night of Wednesday-Thursday, a man approached police patrolling team in Subhash Place area and told the police that a man robbed his Royal Enfield bike on gunpoint.
“Subsequently another person Rajesh also approached police and stated that a man and a girl on Royal Enfield bike robbed his two gold chains. Acting on the information, the patrolling team, intercepted the bike and when the police team tried to stop them, the man riding the bike fired at the police personnel,” said the DCP.
“Police personnel again warned the accused to not take law into their hands and fired one round in the air to warn the accused. After this, accused again fired another round at police personnel and in-retaliation the police team fired two rounds. The accused Shrikant got injured and was apprehended while his accomplice managed to evade but was arrested by police in few hours,” said the DCP.
“The accused
Shrikant is undergoing treatment at Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital in Pitampura and is said to be in stable condition. Police has registered a First Information Report at Subhash Place police station,” said the DCP.