New Delhi:

The Delhi Police has arrested a man, who allegedly shot dead a cab driver near Red Fort, after a brief exchange of fire on Sunday, an officer said.

The person, Firoz, had allegedly shot dead a cab driver on April 15 after a brief row, police said.

“On Sunday, an information was received regarding whereabouts of Firoz, which led to a face off with a police team,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) M K Meena said.

When Firoz was asked to surrender, he fired a gun shot at the police party.

“The police team also fired back in self defence. The accused has sustained injured in his left leg. He was immediately rushed to Aruna Asif Ali Hospital for medical care,” said the DCP.

On April 15 around midnight, a 36-year-old cab driver, Mohammad Sakib, a resident of Zakir Nagar, was admitted to a hospital with gunshot wounds, along with a beggar Luv Khush, 15, a resident of Palwal. Sakib later succumbed.

During the probe, it was revealed that around 12 am, his Maruti Wagon-R collided with an e-rickshaw at the Chatta Rail Red light.

The e-rickshaw overturned, leading to an altercation between him and the rickshaw driver. The row led to a confrontation and three men assaulted Sakib. In the melee, his mobile phone was stolen, and his pocket picked.

When the assailants tried to flee, Sakib caught one of them, who shot him and ran away.

Police had on Wednesday arrested three people, including a woman, 24-year-old Ruksar. The other two were Sajid, 19, and Salman, 24.

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New Delhi:

Four people, including a woman, allegedly held a girl hostage and looted Rs 12 lakh from a house in central Delhi’s Chandni Chowk area, police said on Saturday.

The girl was alone in the house during the incident. A case has been registered at the Kotwali police station, they said.

According to police, Sarwan Hussain lives with his wife and four children in Kucha Rehman area, where he has a lehenga shop.

The robbers forcibly entered the house when one of the daughters of Hussain was alone at home. They threatened the girl and tied tape around her hands, legs and mouth and locked her in a room, police said.

They stole cash from the almirah, but left the jewellery. When Sarwan’s wife returned home, she got to know about the incident and informed police, they said.

Police have found CCTV footage in which some suspects are seen, they said.

The victim’s acquaintances are likely to be involved in the incident as the cash and jewellery were kept at a place where no one could reach without accurate information, police added.

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