UP: Criminal killed in an encounter with the police in Meerut

A criminal carrying bounty of Rs 75,000 was killed in an encounter with police in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, October 19. Senior Superintendent of Police Ajay Sahani said the accused Sanjeev was also involved in a bank robbery in Baghpat and added that the police are doing combing to nab his companions. The police have also recovered country-made weapons from his possession, the official said.

Speaking about the encounter SSP Ajay Sahani said, "He was a wanted criminal and had killed two people of a family. It is believed that he had come to murder the witness. He was carrying a bounty of Rs 75,000. We were able to corner him in the village after a team reached here on a tip-off." 

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"In an attempt to flee he fired at the police team. A bullet hit police official's bulletproof jacket. In retaliation, police fired at him and he sustained bullet injuries and later succumbed to it," he added. 

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Another incident

The Delhi police have nabbed three wanted criminals after they opened fire on the police force on Thursday, October 17, in the Meerut area. All three criminals were injured during the encounter and captured by the Delhi police. According to the Superintendent of Police (SP) City, Akhilesh Narayan Singh, a special cell of the Delhi police team was aware of the three criminals being in the Meerut area. The Joint team of Crime Branch and the Special Cell tried to stop their car, but they opened fire on the police, he added. 

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According to reports, the three accused criminals - Saddam, Dilip, and Usman have been involved in several serious crimes in the past. They have several cases registered against them in the Pratapur police station and other police stations as well in the city. 

According to Singh, the criminals, upon interrogation revealed that several cases have been registered under the accused, Saddam, alone. Singh also said that the interrogation revealed that Saddam had been accused under the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) in New Delhi. According to further reports, the police recovered the accused's car, a pistol, and two country-made revolvers along with living rounds of ammunition in huge quantity from the accused.

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(with ANI inputs)