Fog turned out to be blessing in disguise for the UP police when two of the four criminals who were fleeing after successfully robbing Rs 3.82 lakh from a excise department employee, met with an accident and critically injured in Saharanpur on early Tuesday morning.
When the cops learnt of the above through some passers-by, they rushed to hospital and too custody of both the criminals. They also collected the looted cash and a country made pistol used in the crime from the public, who recovered the belongings during rescue of the two criminals. A case has been registered and now efforts were made to nab the remaining two criminals.
Reports said that four unidentified motorcycle borne miscreants struck at the house of Rajeev Shukla, an employee in the Excise Department residing in Subash Chowk area of Deoband in Saharanpur on early Tuesday morning. The miscreants looted Rs 3.82 lakh in cash which was collected by the employee. The miscreants later fled from the scene after which Shukla informed the local police about the incident.
Reports further said that due to dense fog in the district, cops took more than a hour to reach Shukla’s house and before they could pass on message to launch a hunt for the criminals, the got a good news that two of the criminal met with an accident when their motorcycle collided with a truck near Ghalauli check post in which both the miscreants were critically injured. The accident occurred just due to heavy fog in the locality. The cops rushed to the spot and learnt through the public that both the criminals were admitted in a local hospital and a bag containing the entire looted booty and weapon used in the crime was recovered from the accused. The injured criminal revealed their identity as Gulvez and Shahzad, both resident of Dakheri hamlet of Sikhera in Muzaffarnagar. They also revealed the identity of the other two of their associates and now efforts were on to nab them.
Meanwhile in Hathras, showing prompt response to nab the cattle smugglers proved costly for the cops when they were brutally assaulted by the gang members just to release two of their accomplices. Reports said that constables Uma Shankar Yadav and Arvind Kumar, attached with Kobra motorcycle mobile rushed to Sikendrarau Hathras Road after learning that some criminals were trying to take away some cattle late on Monday night. The cops reached in time and also held two of the gang members while other managed to escape.
The matter took an ugly turn when the cops left the spot to lodge both the criminals in the lock up. As they left the village, the other associates of the criminal attacked them with sharp edged weapons and critically injured both in order to safely get their gang members released from police clutches. A case has been registered and both the injured criminals were shifted to hospital.