Ghaziabad Police have launched operation 'knock out' to rein in criminals and gangsters. During 72 hours of operation being launched, police claimed to have arrested 38 wanted criminals involved in heinous crime. Two criminals carried a rewards of Rs. 50,000 and Rs. 25,000 respectively.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ghaziabad Vaibhav Krishna said the operation which was launched between July 6 and 9 to nab wanted criminals, has shown good results.
The SSP said police personnel from all the police stations falling in the district have arrested 33 criminals from their different hide out, including from Punjab and other adjoining districts. Five criminals surrendered before the court, said police.
"The criminals who were arrested include 19 criminals wanted under Gangster Act, 8 criminals were wanted in robbery related cases and 3 criminals were wanted in murder cases. To launch the operation 45 teams were made that raided hide out places in Punjab and other states including neighboring districts. The arrested criminals were absconding since last over a year and more," said Vaibhav Krishna.
The SSP announced a reward and a appreciation letter to the station house officers (SHOs) of loni and Indirapuram for the success of the operation knockout.