Ghaziabad: The Kavi Nagar police have arrested a notorious criminal who carried out snatching incidents after an encounter in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. In the retaliatory firing of the police, the miscreant has been shot in the right leg, after which he has been admitted to the hospital for treatment. The police have recovered a stolen gold tikki, weapons and the vehicle used in the incident from the accused.
Firing on the police force
In Ghaziabad, the police station Kavinagar police were checking late at night. Meanwhile, the police encountered this miscreant near the Ideal (IDL) College Road intersection, Shatabdipuram. Seeing himself surrounded, the accused opened fire on the police force. In the retaliatory firing by the police, the accused was shot in the right leg, after which he was arrested.
The identity of the accused was revealed
The arrested accused has been identified as Imran Mansuri alias Makkhi, who is about 20 years old. The accused is originally a resident of Lohia Nagar, Police Station Adarsh Nagar, Delhi. The injured accused has been admitted to a hospital in Sanjay Nagar, Ghaziabad for treatment. The injured miscreant was wanted in a robbery incident that took place in Govindapuram area. On September 11, 2026, a woman from RK Puram, Govindapuram had filed a complaint at Police Station Kavinagar. He had told that two unidentified miscreants riding a white scooty had snatched a gold mangalsutra weighing about 5 grams from his neck and fled. Taking cognizance of this case, the police formed a team. Recently, the Tronica City police station of Ghaziabad also arrested two accused wanted in the rape case after a police encounter
The accused confessed to several robberies
In the police interrogation, the accused Imran has confessed to robbing the mangalsutra. He said that on the morning of September 11, he along with his friend Suraj had carried out the incident. In order to erase the evidence and sell it, both of them had melted the mangalsutra and made a gold tikki. Imran also revealed that earlier both of them had also snatched two mobiles from different places in the RDC area. On the day of the arrest, Imran had gone out to sell the same gold tikki and carry out a new incident. Their plan was that whatever money they got from selling the goods, they would divide it equally among themselves.
