Gangsters nabbed after shootout in Rohini

NEW DELHI: A gang of robbers fired pistols and wounded a constable when two police cars closed in on them from behind and front, blocking their way on an isolated byroad in northwest Delhi’s Rohini on Sunday morning.

The operation began around 9am when the station house officer (SHO) of Sultanpuri police station was informed that a gang of five robbers was moving in the Rithala and Begampur Road localities in a white Maruti Swift to target a property dealer.

The SHO formed a team of 11 men and dashed off in three private hatchbacks to avoid alerting the gang. A scout car spotted the Swift on Begampur police station road, about 2km from Rithala Metro station, and quickly blocked the robbers from the front. Another car closed in from behind.

The gangster driving the Swift, identified as Sudhir alias Kala, tried to get away by accelerating and hitting the car blocking the way, and then reversed suddenly to make space to wiggle his vehicle out of the tight spot.

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