Overview

• Officers intercepted a white Swift around 2:40 a.m. near Bankey Bihari Mandir in Sector 24, where the car rammed a patrol vehicle and the occupants opened fire.
• Police fired six rounds as the accused fired about seven, with two suspects shot in the legs during the exchange.
• Those arrested were identified as Lallu alias Ashroo, Irfan, and Nitesh, while two associates escaped by scaling a wall near the Rithala Ganda Nala.
• Two sophisticated pistols and a country-made firearm were recovered, and the injured suspects were hospitalized in stable condition.
• A case was registered under BNS provisions and the Arms Act, with investigators pursuing the absconding suspects and probing links to the Gogi and ‘Nassroo’ gangs.