A robber was gunned down and a policeman was injured in a late-night encounter on Tuesday at Bisrakh in Greater Noida.
According to the police, a Delhi-based businessman, Vinod, was returning to Delhi from Dasna in his car, when three bike-borne miscreants held him at gunpoint near Sector 62, and made off with his car and the cash he was carrying.
“The bike-borne miscreants intercepted Vinod near Sector 62 and stole his car and ₹1.5 lakh cash at gunpoint late and fled. Soon after the incident, he informed the PCR about the robbery and the police swung into action.” said Love Kumar, Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Budh Nagar.
Accused open fire
After receiving the information, Sector 58 police station in-charge Anil Pratap Singh and his team started chasing the robbers who were speeding towards Greater Noida. The police also alerted Greater Noida police about the robbery.
Bisrakh Police intercepted the robbers at Cherry County in Tech Zone-4 in Greater Noida and signaled them to stop. After being surrounded, the robbers opened fire at the police party, who returned fire.
“During the crossfire, one of the robbers suffered injuries to his chest, stomach and leg, while a police constable was shot in his left arm. The other two miscreants fled the spot leaving behind the car and cash robbed from the businessman,” Mr. Kumar said.
Car, cash recovered
At least 20 rounds were fired from both sides in the encounter. According to the police, the injured persons were rushed to district hospital in Noida, where the injured robber was declared dead. A police constable, Subodh Kumar, who injured his arm is undergoing treatment at the hospital.
The deceased miscreant has been identified as Balwinder, a native of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh.
The police seized an illegal weapon and recovered the car and cash from the spot after the encounter. The police have also launched a search operation to nab the absconding criminals.
