A carjacker was shot dead in an encounter between police and criminals in Outer Delhi’s Kanjhawla on early Wednesday morning. The encounter resulted in the death of one of the criminals, identified as Abhishek while the rest escaped from the spot.
According to a senior police official, few criminals had stolen Honda Mobilio car from Uttam Nagar and were escaping. Police had a tip off about the robbery and gave the criminals a chase.
“A police team went after the criminals and after a long chase when the accused carjackers could not see any hope they fired at the police vehicles,” said the police official.
The police team in order to defend themselves had to resort to retaliatory firing the desperate motive of the criminals but the accused fled from the spot.
After few hours police got to know that someone with bullet injuries was admitted in Savitri hospital. A team of police rushed to the spot to enquire further when they found out that it was one of the carjackers, Abhishek, who was injured from the retaliatory firing.
“Abhishek was shifted to another hospital immediately where doctors tried resuscitating him but in vain. He was declared dead after that,” said the police official.
Police said a case has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Arms act and further investigation in the matter has been initiated. Police also clarified that accused Abhishek had died due to retaliatory gun fire after the criminals opened fire at the police.