Two criminals who robbed Ola car arrested after encounter

GREATER NOIDA: Police on late Thursday night arrested two criminals who were wanted in a robbery incident in which the miscreants thrashed an Ola cab driver and snatched his car. The arrest was made following a gunfight in which both the criminals sustained bullet injuries while a police constable also got bullet injury in the brief exchange of fire.

According to police, the arrested persons have been identified as Raja Salmani and Himanshu, both natives of Gautam Buddh Nagar district.

“Acting on a tip-off, police teams were formed to conduct checking and the criminals Police officials at the encounter site

were spotted near ATS roundabout in Kasna area of Greater Noida. Police signalled the two criminals, travelling in a car, to stop, however, one of the criminals fired at the police party and tried to flee away. In the retaliatory firing by the police party, the two criminals sustained bullet injuries in their

legs while a police constable was also injured in the gun battle,” a senior police official of Gautam Buddh Nagar police said. Police recovered a sto

len Maruti Swift Dzire car, two country-made .315 bore pistols along with 12 live cartridges and three mobile phones from the possession of the accused persons. The officer added that both the accused were wanted in the robbery incident in which they snatched an Ola cab from the driver and fled away.

“On August 14, both the accused booked an Ola cab from GAMA-II sector of Greater Noida. As the car reached a secluded place, they thrashed the driver and fled away after snatching the vehicle,” the officer added.

Police said that the accused have been booked under IPC sections 392, 307 and 25/27 arms act and they have been sent to the jail.