Three armed robbers arrested after brief encounter, constable injured in Faridabad

FARIDABAD: Three armed robbers — part of a gang of six members who had come to Haryana from Uttar Pradesh's Modinagar to commit robbery — were arrested in Faridabad after a brief encounter late on Thursday night, police said on Friday.

The trio and a head constable sustained bullet injuries during the encounter that took place in Sector 78 of Greater Faridabad, they said.

An FIR has been registered in this regard at the BPTP police station, the police said.

Sub-Inspector Surender was on patrol along with six other cops in a police vehicle in the Sector 78 area around 9.30 pm on Thursday when the team spotted a van parked at a deserted place and three men standing outside the vehicle, police said.

When the police team approached the trio and started questioning them, one of them raised an alarm.

Hearing that three other persons inside the van fled away in the vehicle while those outside opened fire on the police, they said.

They fired several rounds at the police team in which head constable Sumit was hit by a bullet in his stomach.

The police team fired in retaliation and all three persons were shot in their legs and arrested, they added.

Following the incident, the three injured robbers were rushed to the BK hospital while the injured head constable Sumit is undergoing treatment in a private hospital, the police said.

The arrested persons have been identified as Deepak, Aakash and Monty, residents of Tigda village in Modinagar, the police said, adding that three country-made pistols and eight cartridges were recovered from their possession.

They revealed the names of their other three accomplices as Sudhir, a resident of Maujpur, Nitin, a resident of Jahangirpuri, and a driver known to Sudhir.

An FIR has been registered against the three under Sections 186 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public function), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant), 307 (murder attempt), 427 (causing damage) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code, and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act at the BPTP police station, the police said.

A senior police officer said that the accused had come to Faridabad to carry out a robbery, but were arrested before it.

Police teams are conducting raids to nab their absconding accomplices, the officer added.

With PTI inputs