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Man arrested for murder-cum-robbery

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 27 2014 | 8:16 PM IST
A 27-year-old man was arrested from Surajkund area of Faridabad for his alleged involvement in a murder and robbery case, police said today.
Acting on a tip off, police apprehended the accused identified as Hammas, who hails from Haryana's Uthavarh village, in connection with a murder and robbery case of South East Delhi.
"During interrogation, the accused disclosed that on the intervening night of February 23 this year, he along with his gang members came to Delhi in a truck for stealing cattle.
"They were spotted and when one person tried to intervene, they shot him dead. The gang also fired upon another person but he survived. After that they fled," Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Chand said.
Hammas has been previously arrested in a cases of attempt to murder, extortion, criminal intimidation and arms act. He has been declared proclaimed offender in this case by the court. Police had also announced a bounty of Rs 50,000 over his arrest, he added.

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First Published: Aug 27 2014 | 8:16 PM IST

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