Delhi Crime Branch Arrests Robber, Snatcher After Shootout

The Delhi police on Wednesday arrested a desperate robber and snatcher after a shootout.

The police stated that the accused is identified as Raja (27), who is a resident of Delhi’s Burari, was apprehended and a case under Sections 186, 353 and 307 of the IPC and Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act was registered at the Crime Branch police station.

According to the information received from the police, a stolen motorcycle and 2 stolen mobile phones were also recovered from his possession.

The officials stated that secret information was received that the wanted criminal, Raja, in order to commit some heinous crime, was going to go to Gurugram through Delhi’s Aruna Asal Ali Road in Vasant Kunj.

The input that police received also mentioned that the accused is always in possession of firearms and weapons, and he wouldn’t hold back from open firing at the police team as well.

Acting upon the received input, a police team was constituted to nab the criminal. The team, along with their informant, reached Sanjay Van, Aruna Asaf Ali Road, and started picket checking.

Furthermore, the police stated that at around 1:30 am, a motorcycle coming from Delhi’s Katwaria Sarai was intercepted during the check and signalled to stop, but the bike rider tried to flee and started firing on police while doing so.
The police team fired 2 rounds in self-defence and in order to apprehend the biker. The accused, Raja, was eventually apprehended by the police after he sustained a bullet injury to his right leg during the exchange of fire.

The police stated, he was immediately shifted to Safdurjang Hospital for treatment.

As per the information received from the police, the apprehended accused disclosed during the interrogation that on October 9, 2023, he, along with his 2 associates, was going to Haryana’s Bahadurgarh in a car, and they were signalled to stop during the checking by the police team of the Baldi police station.

The accused, in his confession, further stated that he escaped the police checking by the Badli police team by ramming the car into the barricades.

Accordingly, a case under Sections 186, 353 and 332 of the IPC and Section 25 of the Arms Act was registered at Badli police station, after which the accused had been absconding till date.

During the interrogation, the accused, Raja, confessed to the theft of a motorcycle from the area of Mangol Puri police station and 2 mobile phones from the area of Timarpur police station.

Police stated, the apprehended accused has been found to be involved in more than 30 criminal cases.