Ghaziabad police apprehended two individuals following a gunfight on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway
GHAZIABAD: Ghaziabad police arrested two people for allegedly robbing Rs 25 lakh from a Meerut-based businessman on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway under the jurisdiction of Wave City police station. The accused were identified as Saddam (20), a resident of Arthala, Sahibabad of Ghaziabad and Aasif (38), a resident of Meerut, according to police. Police registered an FIR against unknown persons under the section of 309 (4) (robbery) of BNS in Wave City police station. “During checking, 02 persons riding on one Splendor motorcycle without number plate were seen coming.
They were immediately sent to the hospital for treatment and their condition is stable,” she said. On the information, the SWAT team, Crime Branch, SWAT team Nagar Zone, and Police Station Wave City police team started checking in the Wave City area. When the police team tried to stop them, both motorcycle-borne persons, seeing the police checking and being surrounded by the police team, turned the motorcycle around and started fleeing back. When the police team chased them, they abandoned the motorcycle and started firing at the police team with the intention to kill. In retaliatory action, in the police encounter, both fleeing persons were injured after being shot in the leg and fell down.