NEW DELHI: Chasing a stolen car from Miyawali in Outer Delhi, a joint team of Shahdara and Outer Delhi came under fire when they tried to challenge the autolifters. The thieves opened fire at the police team near Jhilmil Colony in Vivek Vihar on Tuesday morning. The auto lifters also tried to overrun two constables with a stolen car. In retaliatory fire, Noor Mohammad, an autolifter was killed.
A theft of a Fortuner car was reported on Monday in outer Delhi's Miyanwali police station. Interestingly the thieves failed to sabotage the GPS which gave their location. The vehicle's GPS showed its location at Jhilmil Colony in Vivek Vihar. Following the information, the police located the vehicle and a team, comprising personnel of the outer district and Vivek Vihar police, laid a joint trap to apprehend the auto-lifters.
"On Tuesday, around 3.15 am, a Brezza car stopped near the Fortuner and two persons got down from it and tried to drive it away. The team, which was keeping a watch on the gang's activities, tried to overpower them, but a person fired on the police personnel from inside the Brezza car and fled towards the Yamuna Sports Centre," DCP Shahdara Nupur Prasad said.
Noor Mohammad, who was in the driving seat of the Fortuner, tried to escape by overrunning constables Devender and Jaswant, who fired in self-defence, the officer said. Police said a bullet pierced the windscreen of the vehicle and hit Noor, and after about 100 metres the vehicle hit a pavement and stopped along a boundary wall. Mohammad suffered a bullet injury and the police team took him to the GTB hospital, where doctors declared him dead.