A dreaded criminal, wanted in several cases of kidnapping, murder, dacoity and arson in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, was arrested in Haryana, police said on Wednesday. District police chief P S Ahlawat told reporters that the criminal, identified as Babli alias Sardara Singh, a resident of Gautam Budh Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh, was spotted with a stolen motorcycle on Sonepat-Rathdhanna road during a routine vehicle check Tuesday night.
On being asked to get down from the motorcycle, he tried to flee and fired at the police when they chased him, though nobody got injured in the process, the district police chief said. Finally, he was arrested and a country made pistol was recovered from him, Ahlawat said adding he has also confessed having recently kidnapped two brick-kiln owners for ransom and having been involved in 40 criminal cases.
Bureau Report