Noida: In a joint operation performed by Noida STF unit and Bulandshahr police, a criminal involved in nearly a dozen cases of heinous crimes has been nabbed by police following an encounter, said police on Sunday.
According to police, the arrested accused has been identified as Dharmendra Singh, a native of Faridabad in Haryana. Police said that the accused was out on bail but continued to be involved in criminal activities.
In 2013, the accused killed a man over an altercation at a barber shop in Faridabad. He was jailed for six years before he secured bail from the high court in 2019. In 2023, he allegedly killed a man during a political rivalry in Salempur area of Bulandshahr. He was absconding after the incident and kept on changing hide-outs to evade arrest,” said Raj Kumar Mishra, Additional SP, Noida-STF.
The officer further said that on late Saturday night police received a tip off about the movement of the accused and laid a trap to arrest him.
“The accused was hiding at a location in Bulandshahr and we laid a trap. In order to flee, the accused opened fire on police and during
retaliatory firing he was shot in leg. He is being produced before court and sent to jail,” Mishra added