A joint team of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA), Sector-17 and Sector-40 of the Gurugram police have arrested a notorious criminal identified as Anshul alias Khali on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
Police said that the accused has been found involved in five cases which were serious in nature registered against him in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR).
“Khali has been accused of multiple crimes including attempts to murder and vehicle snatching. He has also been booked for violating the Arms Act,” said a senior police official.
A country-made pistol, a live cartridge and a
Toyota Innova car which he had looted along with his accomplices from Panipat have been recovered from his possession.
According to the police, Khali (27), a resident of Charkhi Dadri, was arrested from Gurugram when he along with his accomplice tried to rob a Jaguar occupant at Atul Kataria Chowk on Saturday late night.
The accused also fired on the police team and shot a Special Police Officer (SPO) named Jaiveer during the tussle.
The police officer was rushed to a private hospital where his condition is said to be stable.
A case in this regard was filed by a constable Neeraj who was posted at the Atul Kataria Chowk for Naka duty along with other police personnel. In his complaint, he stated that in the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday he heard the voice of a young man screaming for help that he was robbed and two persons were trying to put him in Innova car parked on the roadside.
“When the police reached the spot, the robbers fled the spot with Jaguar car from wrong side towards Payal Cinema on the old Delhi-Gurugram road. They were signalled to stop by another police team but they opened fire on the police party in which one of the bullets hits the SPO and the accused took advantage of darkness and managed to escapet,” Constable Neeraj said.
Soon after information CIA sector-17 and sector-40 headed by inspector Ajay Dhankad and Inspector Vivek laid a trap and arrested the accused along with the vehicle.
“During questioning, the culprit reveals he was involved in 5 incidents of attempt to murder, and vehicle snatching including Arms Act. He has confessed to shot the SPO of the Gurugram police. He was a former student of BA first year of Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak and was a good wrestler and was addressed as Khali by his friends and neighbours. He was planning to commit another crime with his accomplices” Muhammad Akil, Commissioner Gurugram police said.
A case has been registered regarding the matter at the Sector 14 police station, under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) including Arms Act, he added.