Ghaziabad: Suspect With Rs 10,000 Reward Injured In Police Encounter

Ghaziabad: A 22-year-old suspect carrying a reward of Rs 10,000 was arrested with a gunshot injury to his leg during a joint operation by the Crime Branch and Bhojpur police at Kilhauda border late on 16 October 2026. Police identified him as Raj alias Rajendra Pandey, a resident of Delhi. He was sent to hospital for treatment after being taken into custody in an injured condition.

According to police, the joint team was checking vehicles at Kilhauda border in the Bhojpur police station area following information from an informer. A motorcycle rider approached from the Hapur side. Officers signalled him to stop, but he allegedly turned the motorcycle around and tried to flee instead. Police said the motorcycle then slipped and fell during the attempted escape.

Police alleged that the rider subsequently fired at the team with the intention of killing its members. Officers said they returned fire in self-defence, and the suspect sustained a bullet injury to his leg during that action. He was then apprehended and taken for medical treatment. This account of the sequence of events is the version provided by police.

Police linked the suspect, on the basis of questioning, to a robbery reported on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on 28 July 2026. The case was registered at Bhojpur police station as case number 142/2026 under Section 309(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. According to police, he was wanted in that case and a reward of Rs 10,000 had been announced for his arrest.

The items police reported recovering were a mobile phone allegedly taken in the robbery, an illegal .315-bore country-made pistol, one live cartridge and one spent cartridge of the same bore, and a stolen Yamaha FZ motorcycle. Police also said approximately half a dozen earlier cases had been registered against the suspect. They were gathering information about any other criminal history, while further legal action was continuing.

Official Ghaziabad Police statement