Overview

• A six-member women’s unit conducting checks near Lohia Nagar around midnight signalled a scooter to stop, and the rider allegedly opened fire.
• Officers returned fire, injuring the suspect in the leg before detaining him and taking him to MMG District Hospital under custody.
• Police identified the man as Jitendra, 22, of Vijaynagar, and described him as a history-sheeter with eight cases of robbery, theft and snatching.
• A country-made .315-bore pistol with cartridges, a scooter reported stolen from Delhi, and a Samsung phone and tablet were recovered, according to police.
• The operation, led by ACP Upasana Pandey with SHO Ritu Tyagi and colleagues, was described by officials and media as Ghaziabad’s first all-women encounter, and police said the accused admitted to thefts and snatching across the NCR.