India News | Three Held in Two Encounters with Greater Noida Cops

Noida, Jun 2 (PTI) Three alleged criminals were arrested after separate gunfights with the police in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Thursday.

One of the accused in the two gunfights carried a reward of Rs 25,000 on his arrest while the other two were involved in the robbery of mobile phone displays worth Rs 44 lakh, the officials said.

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"In the first incident, the two accused were intercepted by the officials of Ecotech 1 police station in the early hours of Thursday. The accused were on a motorcycle. Instead of stopping for inquiry, they sped away from the spot, leading to a gunfight," a police spokesperson said.

"The duo opened fire on the police party but were injured in retaliatory firing and held," the spokesperson said.

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The police have recovered 6,400 stolen mobile phone displays and seized illegal country-made firearms along with ammunition from their possession, the officials said.

In the second gunfight, a wanted criminal carrying a bounty of Rs 25,000 was arrested by officials of the Beta 2 police station.

"Shabir is among the top-10 wanted criminals of the police station. He was at large since a looting in 2018," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Greater Noida) Vishal Pandey said.

"We had received a tip off about his movement in our area. A trap was laid and he was surrounded by a police team but during the effort, Shabir tried to escape, leading to a cross-firing in which he got hurt by a bullet in his leg and was held," Pandey said.

FIRs have been lodged in both the cases and further legal proceedings were being carried out, the police added.

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