Following an encounter, two wanted criminals were killed in northeast Delhi's Khajuri Khas area. Police have also recovered two automatic pistols, four magazines, a huge quantity of ammunition with live rounds and cash worth Rs one lakh from the possession of the accused.
The duo has been identified as Amir Khan and Ramjan. Police said that Khan, a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad, was previously involved in seven criminal cases while his associate Rajman, a resident of Wazirpur Industrial Area, was involved in five criminal cases.According to Sanjay Kumar Nain, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Northeast district, on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, the Station House Officer (SHO) of Khajuri Khas police station received specific inputs about the presence of wanted criminals in Shri Ram Colony in Khajuri Khas area.“Amir Khan and Ramjan were hiding inside a room on the second floor of a building in Shri Ram Colony, which is a densely populated area.
A joint operation was conducted by teams of Khajuri Khas and Begumpur police stations. When our teams reached the spot, they asked the men to open the door but instead they threatened them,” said the DCP. “Police again asked them to surrender but they did not pay heed to their repeated requests and opened fire on the policemen. A family residing in the adjoining room was evacuated along with other residents of the building,” said the DCP.“After over an hour when the two men did not budge, the police teams managed to break the door using a hammer and barged into the room where the accused were hiding,” said the DCP.
“The accused person fired indiscriminately from inside and the police retaliated in self defence. During cross firing, constable Sachin Khokar and constable Kalik Tomar received bullet injuries and the two criminals also suffered bullet injuries. All the injured were immediately shifted to JPC Hospital, where both accused persons were declared brought dead,” the DCP said. The police teams, along with forensic experts, have collected evidence from the spot for further investigation, police said.