Wanted man carrying ₹5,000 reward held after gunfight with cops in Gurugram

Officers seized a country-made pistol, cartridges and a motorcycle allegedly stolen from Palam Vihar during the operation.

Published on: Jun 4, 2026, 05:00:11 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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A wanted criminal carrying a reward of ₹5,000 was arrested after being injured in an exchange of fire with a crime branch team on Pataudi Road near Sector 93 early Wednesday, police said.

The suspect allegedly fired four rounds at the crime branch team after slipping from his motorcycle during an interception attempt. (File photo)

The suspect, a 23-year-old from Maraut village in Jhajjar, sustained a gunshot injury to his left leg and was shifted to Civil Hospital, Sector-10A, police said. At least 17 criminal cases — including murder, loot, dacoity, extortion, kidnapping and illegal firearms possession — are registered against him in Gurugram, other parts of Haryana and Delhi. He was wanted in a kidnapping-for-ransom case at Udyog Vihar police station, they added.

Naveen Sharma, ACP (crime), said the Palam Vihar crime branch unit received intelligence about the suspect moving with arms on a motorcycle toward Sector 93 from Pataudi Road, prompting a checking drive around 3am. “After 40 minutes, the team spotted a motorcyclist and attempted to intercept it with their vehicles when the suspect took a U-turn, but he slipped and fell. The suspect opened fire four rounds on the police team in quick succession,” Sharma said.

One bullet struck a constable’s bulletproof jacket. Police retaliated after the suspect allegedly continued firing despite warning shots, injuring and apprehending him, officers added. A country-made pistol, cartridges and a motorcycle allegedly stolen from Palam Vihar were seized. An FIR under Section 109(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act was registered at Sector 10 Police Station. He will be formally arrested in the kidnapping case after discharge, police said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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