A dreaded criminal, carrying Rs 1 lakh reward on his head, was arrested in Ghaziabad on Friday in an injured state, police said. Amit, alias Saddam, had a bullet injury at the time of his arrest and has been admitted to Yashoda Hospital, said SSP PRO RK Vashishth.
Police had received a tip-off that Amit will be going to Delhi in a car. During a check, a car was stopped, but the driver sped off, saying that there was a patient in the car, he said. The car was eventually stopped and Amit was found in it. Amit has nearly 40 criminal cases, including those related to heinous crimes, registered against him, he said. Amit hails from Gangoli village in Baghpat.
Earlier in the day, after cancelling a media briefing, local police issued a statement late Friday night claiming to have nabbed the criminal in an encounter near Bhopura near loni and further claimed to admit the criminal in hospital. local police claimed to have recover ed a car, pistol and some live cartridges.