Over 460 were caught in 226 shootouts in the city in 2 years. Noida News – Times of India

NOIDA: In the last two years, 463 criminals were apprehended across the district after 226 firings, showed data shared by GB Nagar police. A cache of 360 weapons were seized in these firing.
According to the data, a total of 211 people were arrested and 154 weapons confiscated in 86 shootings in 2021, while 252 people were apprehended and 206 weapons were seized in 140 shootings recorded last year. The district police, it added, caught 209 criminals holding cash prizes in 2020. “At least three criminals carried a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh, followed by Rs 50,000 on 16 others and Rs 25,000 on 173. “The figures for 2020 said.
It said that 46 criminals holding cash reward were apprehended after cross-firing in 2021. criminal ajay Police said alias Kalia, whose arrest cost him Rs 1 lakh, was also killed in a shootout last year.
No specific details have been given about the total number of people injured or killed in these shootings, however, the figures released by the district police on the completion of two years of the commissioner system – in 2020, Uttar Pradesh The government had approved the police commissionerate system in Lucknow, Kanpur and Gautam Budh Nagar.
IPS Officer (1998-batch) Alok Singh, the commissioner of GB Nagar police told TOI that the department has a “zero-tolerance policy” against gangsters and criminals.
“Our objective is clear: to work hard against organized criminals and gangs operating for the past several years. Action was initiated under the Gangsters Act in 54 cases and assets worth around Rs 148 crore have been seized since January 2020,” he said. Said, added the gangster’s assets worth Rs 73.13 crore. Sunder Bhati73 cases, facing charges, were also seized in the last two years. Bhati is currently lodged in jail.
According to senior police officials, confiscation of property in such cases sends a strong message to other gangs and discourages criminal activities. An official said, “The action is being taken primarily under Section 14(1) of the Gangster Act, which allows attachment of illegal properties to effectively deter gangsters, mafia and criminals and their associates. “

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