In a joint operation carried out by the Gautam Budh Nagar police and Particular Process Drive (Noida unit), a 32-year-old suspect was arrested on Wednesday night time in Noida’s Sector 112. The suspect had been wanted in reference to greater than a dozen cases involving theft, dacoity, and homicide, police mentioned.
Police mentioned the suspect was recognized as Munnavar alias Manna alias Chhota Bhai, a resident of Titarwada village in Shamli district.
Saumya Singh, the assistant commissioner of police-2 in Noida, mentioned, “Munnavar has been linked to quite a few cases of theft and homicide spanning throughout Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad, and Baghpat districts. A reward of ₹50,000 had been declared earlier this 12 months for info resulting in his seize.”
On Wednesday night time, a joint crew of the Sector 113 police station and STF apprehended the suspect in Sector 112, the ACP mentioned, including {that a} pistol, cartridges and a bike had been additionally recovered from his possession.
“Munnavvar is believed to have fashioned a gang of associates and dedicated a number of robberies. Their modus operandi usually concerned hostage conditions the place valuables and cash had been forcibly taken from victims. Moreover, investigations have linked him to a 2021 case in Loni, Ghaziabad, the place a household was held captive, and the robbers made off with seven cell phones, money, gold and silver jewellery, in addition to a Scorpio automotive from the residence,” Singh mentioned.
Nevertheless, all different suspects in this case had been arrested earlier, Munnavar remained at giant.
“Groups had been working to nab him and eventually managed to pay money for him after info from the informers about his motion in the world,” Singh mentioned, including that he was produced earlier than a Justice of the Peace and despatched to judicial custody.