Man with 1 lakh bounty on head arrested after chase

NEW DELHI: A man with a Rs 1-lakh bounty on his head, allegedly involved in over 50 cases of murder, attempt to murder, snatching, auto theft, robbery and offences

NEW DELHI: A man with a Rs 1-lakh bounty on his head, allegedly involved in over 50 cases of murder, attempt to murder, snatching, auto theft, robbery and offences under the arms act, was arrested on Saturday.

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Police received a tipoff on Saturday that Amit Kumar would come near a dairy outlet in Pandav Nagar, Delhi. An anti-auto theft squad was stationed at the location.

The team tried to get Kumar to surrender, but he fled. After a chase, he was arrested near the underpass close to Mangalam Hospital signal, said police.

“During the chase, the police vehicle hit him and he lost balance. To avert arrest, he took out his weapon and started firing. He fired four shots and they hit the bullet proof jacket of the officers,” said deputy commissioner of police (east) Rishi Pal.

“The police party also fired three shots in self defence. Kumar was finally overpowered by the police and a pistol with three rounds in the magazine was seized.”

Kumar is wanted in a case of murder reported from Nand Nagari in October in which a gangster, Sonu, was killed during a fight among the criminals.

Kumar is a member of Satprakash gang of Nand Nagri. He is also wanted in an attempt to murder case reported from Krishna Nagar in December, where he fired at the police while he was being chased.

His aide, one Deepak Jhanji, was arrested, but he had managed to escape.

“He is a habitual criminal who specialises in street crime, which includes snatching and daylight robbery. He does not hesitate to fire at the victim and even at police when challenged. His previous involvements included 30 cases of snatching, six cases of robbery, five cases of auto-lifting, two cases of murder, and a case of attempt to murder. He is involved in a total of 52 cases,” Pal said.