The most wanted criminal Sandeep Chauhan, resident of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested by Udyog Nagar police station in Bharatpur. Sandeep Chauhan is accused of many crimes in Uttar Pradesh. He had recently demanded a ransom of Rs 50 and 20 lakhs from two people in the estuary of Bharatpur.
Bharatpur Deputy Superintendent of Police Satish Kumar Verma said that Sandeep Chauhan is a resident of Harduagunj in Aligarh, UP.
He has been taken on police remand for two days. 3 days ago, it was reported that Sandeep Chauhan is staying on rent in a house while absconding. It was under siege led by police officer Chandra Prakash.
To escape from the police, he jumped from the roof of the house and escaped from his car parked in the back, but the police surrounded him and caught him.
His leg was injured due to a jump. Seized nine mm caliber country-made pistols and nine live cartridges from his possession. Constable Girdhari Lal's leg was also injured while catching Sandeep Chauhan.
District Superintendent of Police Amandeep Singh Kapoor said that more than 24 cases against Sandeep Chauhan have been registered in various police stations of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
On November 22, 2020, he, along with two of his associates, shot and killed Himanshu Jewelers owner Rohitash Verma in Narora, Bulandshahr. In September this year, in Jaipur, Arvind Singh was beaten and demanded a ransom of 20 lakhs. In the year 2012, he committed a robbery at SBI Bank in Purana Ricoh area of ?? Bharatpur in which he was jailed in Saver Jail, Bharatpur for 8 years. Came out of jail in December 2019.
In Aligarh, 15 criminal cases have been registered against Sandeep. He came into light in 2012 for asking extortion money from SP leader. SO Harduagunj, Ritesh Kumar told that after coming under the radar of police, he escaped to his in-law’s house in Bharatpur and committed various crime in Bharatpur and Aligarh from there itself. A total of 15 cases have been registered against him in the district including 3 in Delhi Gate police station, 3 in Akbarabad, 1 in Harduagunj