According to officials, police in Greater Noida on Wednesday detained two wanted criminals who were allegedly involved in an attack on a BJP worker in November of last year.
The accused are members of the Randeep Bhati gang who attacked BJP worker Sanchit Sharma alias Singga Pandit. On the evening of November 3, some unidentified assailants attacked Sharma, a close associate of Gautam Buddh Nagar MP Mahesh Sharma.
He was hospitalised with broken bones and severe injuries after which an FIR was lodged at the local Beta 2 police station and an investigation was taken up, according to police.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Greater Noida) Ashok Kumar said a reward of Rs 25,000 was also announced on information leading to the arrest of accused Shivam and Ajay, both aged around 35 years and residents of Najafgarh in Delhi.
”On Wednesday, officials of the Beta 2 police station arrested the accused duo near the Alpha roundabout. Two firearms and some ammunition were seized from their possession,” Kumar said.
According to police, the names of nine people had emerged as suspects during the investigation of the case of whom four have already been arrested while two had surrendered in a local court.
A fresh FIR has been lodged against accused Shivam and Ajay and further legal proceedings are being carried out, police said.
Following the incident, police claimed that the attack was planned by Bhati, who is currently lodged in Delhi’s Mandoli jail, over a personal enmity and carried out by hired criminals.
Sharma was briefly arrested in August on charges of promoting enmity after he allegedly made some objectionable remarks against the Tyagi community in the wake of the Shrikant Tyagi episode in Noida.
Tyagi, a Noida-based politician, was arrested in August last year for allegedly assaulting a woman in a Noida society.
