: A crime unit of Sector-31 of the Gurugram police arrested two inter-State wanted criminals with a bounty of Rs 25,000 each after an exchange of fire in the Manesar area of Gurugram in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to the police, One of the criminals suffered a bullet wound in the leg in the cross-firing and was rushed to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi for further treatment.
The arrested persons have been identified as Amit alias Gaanth and Deepak alias Bholu both the criminals were involved in an attack on the family of a former sarpanch in Kasan village Manesar on November 4, in which four people died and two suffered injuries.
The Gurugram police had fixed a reward of Rs 25,000 each on their arrest. After executing the Kasan massacre, the accused were hiding in different places in Noida, Delhi, West Bengal and Rajasthan.
The assailants had fired more than 40 gunshots, which was allegedly committed to avenging a murder of their associate by a member of the victims’ family on the occasion of Holi in 2007, police said.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (crime), Preetpal Sangwan said the police received reliable information that Amit, who was the prime suspect in the Sarpanch's family Diwali night attack, was in the Manesar area, following which the crime branch of sector 31 formed a team to nab them after cross-firing.
The police said the incident took place around 4.35 am when the criminals spotted the police on village Baslaambi to IMT Manesar road and in an attempt to escape, fired at the police but were overpowered by the police.
Sangwan said, “In the cross-firing, Amit sustained a bullet wound in his leg. He was rushed to a hospital in Manesar and then referred to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi for treatment. His condition is stable. Both the accused have been arrested.”
The accused were involved in two dozen incidents of murder, murder attempt, attack on the police team, robbery and theft in Sonipat, Gurugram and Delhi and were constantly active in executing serious incidents, he said.