Sleuths of Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) arrested half a dozen persons and claimed to have busted a fake international call racket. Seven laptops, mobile phones and other gadgets used to operate the racket were recovered by the sleuths.
Briefing news persons on Friday, IG ATS, Aseem Arun said that with the help of officials of Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring Cell, the ATS team cracked down on the gang which was illegally facilitating international calls through internet in Kushinagar.
Arun said, “The racket operated in `RN Group Private limited’ in Tinhawa Bazar Hata on Kushinagar Road. Kingpin Ram Pratap Singh along with Vijay Sharma, Ram Singar Singh, Santosh Singh, Harikesh Bahadur Sing and Brijesh Patel of Ahirauli in Kushinagar were arrested. The modus operandi used by the gang could easily be used for anti-national activities.” Meanwhile in Ferozabad, a dreaded criminal of Punjab was arrested by the police following a brief encounter late on Thursday night. Two policemen were also injured in the encounter while criminals received some minor injuries. Ravindra alias Kali Rajpur was wanted in several criminal cases in Punjab and was on the lam after which the Punjab Police announced a reward of Re one lakh reward for his arrest.
SSP of Ferozabad, Dr Manoj Kumar said on Friday that the police spotted the criminal while he was going with an aide to attend a marriage. On being asked by the police to come close and identify themselves, the criminals opened fire which was retaliated.
“After a brief cross firing, the police to nab one of the criminals while the other one fled. The police recovered a SUV along with two country made firearms. The two injured constables - Haroon and Suresh, along with Ravindra were admitted to a hospital,” he said.
The SSP said that Ravindra was a native of Azadnagar Badauli in Mohali area of Punjab and at least 15 criminal cases lodged against him in Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana.