Overview
- An interception near Wave City, which escalated late Tuesday, left two accused — Zubair and Sameer — fatally shot and three policemen injured, according to officials.
- Police say the suspects opened fire when their car was stopped, prompting retaliatory shots, and two other men in the vehicle escaped into the dark.
- Officers recovered about ₹9 lakh, several firearms and the car used in the crime, while earlier arrests of Mohammad Kaif and Mohammad Rizwan led to ₹8.6 lakh being seized.
- The case stems from a May 6 robbery on NH‑9 near Bagu in which armed men held a cash‑van driver at gunpoint, fled with a van carrying roughly ₹27 lakh, then abandoned it near the Delhi‑Meerut Expressway.
- Investigators say Zubair planned the heist over months and drew in young associates with little or no prior record, and police have announced ₹1 lakh rewards for each of the remaining suspects.