Highway robber killed in encounter in Aligarh

Friday, 3 July 2020Newsdesk

A criminal involved in a dozen highway robberies was killed near Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh in an encounter with the Special Task Force (STF) and the local police early on Friday, officials said. The incident took place around midnight when officials of the STF's Noida unit and Aligarh's Tappal police station reached the spot on a tip-off, the officials said.

New Delhi, 03 July 2020

As per news report of PTI, the deceased has been identified as Babloo alias Ganjaa, Additional Superintendent of Police, STF, Raj Kumar Mishra said. "A credible input was received by the STF about some criminals, part of the 'Axle Gang' that targets vehicles on the highways, planning robberies on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The STF team and the local police team reached the spot a service road on the Yamuna Expressway in Tappal area around 11.45 pm and surrounded the place," Mishra said.

Source - ptinews.com