Southeast district of the Delhi Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a 26-year-old man, who was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest following a shootout with police team at Southeast Delhi's New Friends Colony in the wee hours of Wednesday.
A senior police officer said that Chand Mohammad was allegedly involved in 14 cases of robbery, theft and a pistol and four live cartridges were seized from his possession.
The special staff of the Southeast district had received a tip-off that the accused would be coming to Zakir Nagar to meet his friends. Accordingly, a picket was put up near the Khizrabad T-point to keep a watch on two-wheelers, said Romil Baaniya, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast).
At about 1.30 am, a motorcycle coming from Zakir Nagar took an abrupt U-turn and the rider lost control of it, said the senior police officer. Mohammad was riding the bike and one of his accomplices, Zahid, was sitting pillion. The two fell off the motorcycle and started running towards Zakir Nagar. Mohammad allegedly fired three rounds from his pistol at police team, which fired two rounds in retaliation. While Mohammad was arrested, Zahid managed to flee, police said. The accused was wanted in a robbery case at Jamia Nagar. In February, while committing the crime, he had allegedly opened fire at a security guard.