A crime branch team of the Gurugram police arrested a wanted criminal carrying a bounty of Rs 20,000 following a gunfight on the Farrukhnagar-Jhajjar road, the police said on Sunday.
The accused has been identified as Sumit (22) of Kheda Khurrampur village in Gurugram. An official said a motorcycle, pistol, live cartridge and four empty shell cartridges were seized. He said the crime branch team received information about the accused, who was on his two-wheeler and going towards Kheda Khurampur village via the Jhajjar-Farrukhnagar road with an illegal weapon. The official said after receiving information, they set up a police naka on the road to nab the criminal.
“When he reached the spot, the police tried to stop him, but he fired at the police team, and one bullet hit the bulletproof jacket of a police official. In retaliation, the police also opened fire, due to which a bullet hit the accused, and he fell down and was apprehended by the police team. The accused was immediately taken to Civil Hospital for further treatment,” a spokesperson for the Gurugram Police said.
He said during the encounter, a total of eight rounds were fired, out of which four were fired by the accused and four by the police. The spokesperson said after the gunfight, a police station team from the Farukhnagar police station reached the incident spot. He added that a case was registered under the relevant sections against the accused in the Farukhnagar police station, Gurugram.
“The accused had eliminated a youth named Rohit,” he said.
