Greater Noida, December 10 (IANS). In Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, the police have arrested a criminal wanted in a robbery case carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 in an encounter. An illegal pistol and a stolen bike have been recovered from him. The scoundrel used to carry out incidents of robbery along with his associates. Two of his associates have already been caught in a police encounter and sent to jail.
Police said on Tuesday that there was an encounter between the Knowledge Park police station and the accused carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 on the road leading to Jhatta crematorium. Suraj (25), an accused wanted in the robbery case, was arrested in injured condition during the police encounter along with a motorcycle, a pistol, a live cartridge and a shell, stolen from the police station area.
The recovered bike was stolen from Knowledge Park police station, the report of which has been registered in the police station.
During police interrogation, Suraj told that on October 12, he along with his associates had stolen an Apache motorcycle from the Knowledge Park area of the police station and ran away after looting two mobile phones. On October 27, the police arrested his associate Jeetu in an encounter with a stolen Apache motorcycle and accused Raja alias Mukesh in an encounter with a stolen motorcycle on December 9. Both have been sent to jail.
Police have told that Suraj is a resident of Bulandshahr district and was currently living in Sanjay Nagar in Bapudham area of Ghaziabad district and committing crimes.
–IANS
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