A joint team of the Special Task Force (STF) of the South-East District and Pul Prahladpur Police arrested a wanted criminal, Himanshu (23), following a brief shootout near Badarpur Flyover Park in the national capital.
Delhi Police (IANS)
A joint team of the Special Task Force (STF) of the South-East District and Pul Prahladpur Police arrested a wanted criminal, Himanshu (23), following a brief shootout near Badarpur Flyover Park in the national capital.
The accused was shot in the leg during the encounter and taken to Safdarjung Hospital. Himanshu, along with an associate named Kaushal, was the prime suspect in the October 22 robbery, in which a Domino’s delivery executive was injured. The incident had gone viral on social media.
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The operation was carried out by a joint team of the STF/South-East District and PS Pul Prahladpur. Police recovered one semi-automatic pistol (.32 bore), two live cartridges, and four empty cartridges from the encounter site.
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DCP South-East District Hemant Tiwari said the swift action led to the arrest of the “desperate and armed criminal” within 72 hours of the robbery. Himanshu has a prior record in three cases involving kidnapping and robbery/snatching. Having been released from jail in June 2025, he had recently resumed criminal activity.
A new case has been registered at PS Badarpur, and further investigation is underway.
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