Archive · 4 Oct 2026
Five Held After Hapur Robbery Encounter; Separate Ghaziabad Arrest
Police in Hapur arrested five people after an encounter connected to the theft of a truck carrying clothes.
Police said the clothes were worth about Rs 55 lakh and that the truck was recovered.
The robbery happened on the Balwapur-Brijghat road five days before the arrests.
The driver and helper were reportedly held hostage and left in the Amroha area.
One person arrested in Hapur was injured and taken for treatment.
Police named two of the Hapur suspects as Javed and Azim.
In a separate case in Ghaziabad, police arrested Imran on September 24 after an encounter.
Police said he was injured and they recovered a pistol, cartridges, a gold coin and a scooter.
A joint SWAT and Garhmukteshwar Police team arrested five people in Hapur after an encounter linked to a canter robbery.
Police said the stolen canter and clothes worth about Rs 55 lakh were recovered, along with firearms, ammunition and a knife.
The robbery occurred five days before the arrests on the Balwapur-Brijghat road; the driver and helper were reportedly held hostage and left in Amroha.
One of the five Hapur suspects was injured by a bullet and taken into custody for treatment; police identified two arrestees as Javed and Azim.
In a separate Ghaziabad incident on September 24, police arrested suspected vehicle thief Imran after he was injured in an encounter; police said they recovered a pistol, cartridges, a gold coin and a scooter.
- Who
- Five suspects were arrested by a joint SWAT and Garhmukteshwar Police team in Hapur; a separate suspect, Imran, was arrested by Kavinagar Police in Ghaziabad.
- What
- The Hapur arrests were linked to a canter robbery involving clothes worth about Rs 55 lakh. The Ghaziabad arrest followed an investigation into a reported mangalsutra snatching.
- When
- The Hapur robbery occurred five days before the arrests, which took place on a Saturday. The separate Ghaziabad encounter and arrest occurred on September 24; the reported snatching was on September 11.
- Where
- Hapur district and Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
- Why
- Police said the Hapur arrests were connected to the robbery of a canter carrying clothes; the Ghaziabad investigation sought to identify and apprehend suspects in a reported mangalsutra snatching.
- Hapur arrests
- Five people arrested by a joint SWAT and Garhmukteshwar Police team
- Stolen goods
- Canter and clothes valued at approximately Rs 55 lakh, according to police
- Hapur robbery location
- Balwapur-Brijghat road
- Hapur recovery
- Police said they recovered illegal firearms, live and spent cartridges, and an illegal knife
- Named Hapur suspects
- Police identified two arrestees as Javed and Azim
- Ghaziabad arrest
- Imran alias Makkhi was arrested following an encounter on September 24
- Reported snatching
- A Govindpuram resident reported on September 11 that two men snatched his wife's mangalsutra, containing around five grams of gold