Ghaziabad/ Noida: An alleged robber, who
tried to loot a cash van in Noida, was arrested within hours
of the incident from Vaishali here after an encounter in which
a sub-inspector was injured, the police said.
The Indirapuram police nabbed the accused around
11.30 am from the Sector 4 area. One of his accomplices
managed to escape, they said.
Superintendent of Police (City) Akash Tomar said that the
police got information on wireless about a robbery attempt in
Noida in which two bike-borne people had shot at the guard of
a cash delivery van.
Earlier in the day, Kailash, the guard, had suffered
bullet injuries to his abdomen when he was trying to stop the
accused from looting the van near a Noida mall. He has been
admitted to a hospital, the police said.
The police intercepted the accused. Finding themselves
cordoned they opened fire. Sub-Inspector Bhupendra Singh and
the accused Rizwan, a resident of Bulandshahar, suffered
bullet injuries, the SP said.
Rizwan has confessed to the crime. The Noida police
is also questioning him.He is wanted in 18 criminal cases in
Bulandshahr and Ghaziabad, he claimed.
