Police, robbers trade fire outside Metro station in Capital
NEWDELHI:A shoot-out between a gang of suspected robbers and a police team took place outside the busy Akshardham metro station in east Delhi at 10.45 am on Sunday. This is the third shootout to take place in the national capital in the past two days.
The three shoot-outs also led to the arrests of four suspects and the recovery of three illegal guns and 24 bullets. The suspects in the Akshardham case, however, escaped.
In all, the three shootouts saw the exchange of 11 bullets that left one suspected criminal injured in his foot. In the exchange, two policemen also escaped being hit, all thanks to their bullet-proof vests.
The shootout outside the Akshardham metro station took place near a foot-over bridge, about 100m from the Akshardham temple. Jasmeet Singh, deputy commissioner of police (east), said a team from Mandawali police station had laid a trap to nab a gang of criminals.
The police said this particular gang would offer rides to people from the Akshardham metro station and temple and dupe them of their belongings during the journey. “We noticed a white car with the suspected criminals inside it and we signalled them to stop. But instead of coming out of the car, the suspects fired a bullet at the police team and sped towards the Geeta Colony Flyover,” the DCP said. The police said that the team also fired one round in response. While no one was hurt in the exchange of fire, the police team chased the suspects towards Gandhi Nagar before they managed to go out of sight, the officer said.
The police suspect there were four men in the car, but no arrests were made until late Sunday.s
On Saturday at 7.40 pm, a police team exchanged fire with three motorcycle-borne men on the Kair-Mitraon Road in outer Delhi’s Najafgarh. The three men are suspected of making extortion calls to local traders.