Four vehicle thieves were held after an encounter from the Sector-50 police station area in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. 2 pistols, 3 bullets, 7 used cartridges and 10 stolen motorcycles were recovered from their possession, police said.
On the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, police teams of Sector-50 police station and the crime unit Sector-39 of the Gurugram police received information about the movement of the accused in the Sector-50 police station area.
"We deployed a team to check the criminals. Four suspects on two separate motorcycles reached the spot but tried to flee after opening fire at the police teams. The police return the fire and overpowered and nabbed four criminals, Preet Pal Sangwan, assistant commissioner of police (crime) said. The arrested accused have been identified as Shahabuddin alias Bhola (19), Thaan Singh alias Manish (19) of Bharatpur in Rajasthan, Jamshed (24) of Alwar and Taufiq (25) of Nuh district in Haryana.
"During interrogation, the accused disclosed that they used to sell theft motorcycle is Rs 5 to 10 thousand. Taufiq was also involved in the cow slaughter case and three separate cases were registered against him in Rajasthan," Inspector Rahul Dev, station house officer (SHO) of Sector-50 police station said.
A case under relevant section of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against the culprits.