POLICE SHOOT DEAD WANTED CRIMINAL IN GREATER NOIDA

In a bid to improve security in the big markets of NOIDA: A 27-year-old wanted crimnorth Delhi, the North Delhi inal was shot dead by the police in Municipal Corporation will a late night encounter in Chai-4 soon install CCTV cameras, a area of Greater Noida on Tuestop civic official said on Tuesday, the police said. day.

The deceased, named Sumit They will do this along with Gurjar, carried a bounty of Rs market associations in a Public50,000 on his head, and was Private Partnership. Cameras involved, along with other gangwill be installed at crossings, sters, in crimes like robbery and roundabouts and other imporextortion in various sectors of tant points in the markets. Noida and Greater Noida, the The North DMC has already police added. installed cameras in the Shali

Gurjar’s three accomplices mar Bagh market with the help managed to escape. of shopkeepers as part of a pilot

Love Kumar, senior superinproject. tendent of police, Gautam Budh “These are wireless cameras Nagar, said the police had that will help in capturing all received information about the the activities in the markets. movement of four armed men in They will minimise the chance the area. The police raised a of thefts and ensure women checkpoint near ATS Crossing at safety. We will evaluate the around 9pm. The accused men results of the pilot project for a were travelling in a white Maruti month and based on the feedSwift Dzire and were intercepted. back, motivate other market “The encounter lasted for more associations to install them,” than one hour. The four crimisaid Tilak Raj Kataria, standing nals opened fire at the police after committee chairman, North which they also retaliated,” DMC.

Kumar said. Kataria added t hat t he

Ajay Kumar Sharma, station expenditure for the project will house officer of Bisrakh police be borne by the market associastation, said, “The driver was sigtions. naled to stop, but they fired. They “We are facing a financial critried to escape but our team sis so it wouldn’t be possible for chased them.” us to bear the cost of the project.

Sharma said that the crimiBut in lieu of spending money nals’ car lost balance while speeding and collided with the gate of a residential society in Sector 4.

Police teams cordoned the criminals and a shootout ensued in which Gurjar died.