Firozabad. Police has arrested two criminals who carried out a robbery of Rs 7 lakh in broad daylight with a grain merchant 25 days ago. There was also an encounter between the police and the criminals. Both the criminals were admitted to the hospital after being injured by bullets in their legs. One criminal is a history-sheeter from Firozabad and the other is a history-sheeter from Mainpuri district. According to the police, on August 4, a robbery took place with Rakesh Jain, a grain merchant of Sirsaganj.
Let us tell you that a Pulsar riding miscreant had looted Rs 7 lakh cash from Rakesh Jain at gunpoint in broad daylight. Rakesh Jain was going from home to Naveen Mandi Samiti with cash. Superintendent of Police (Rural) Akhilesh Chaurasia said that during the investigation, the involvement of two miscreants in carrying out this robbery incident was revealed. The names of these miscreants are Sharif and the other is Gaurav Kumar. According to the SP, when Sirsaganj police was checking vehicles on the way from Kathfori to Nagla Khangar along with SOG and surveillance team, they signaled two suspicious youths ridin
Instead of stopping the bike, the youths sped away, causing the bike to slip and fall. Fearing arrest, both of them opened fire on the police. In the retaliatory firing by the police, both of them were shot. They were identified as Sharif and Gaurav. These two are the same criminals who had looted Rakesh Jain. He told that Sharif is from Sirsaganj while Gaurav is a history-sheeter of Barnahal police station. Weapons and Rs 21,200 have been recovered from their possession. After arresting both the criminals under relevant sections, action will be taken to send them to jail.
