Overview
- The encounter occurred early Monday near the Sardhana–Binoli road in the Sarurpur police station area after officers stopped a motorcyclist for checking.
- According to officials, the suspect fired first while trying to flee, a round struck a policeman’s bulletproof vest, and he later died at PL Sharma District Hospital.
- Police say they began an overnight search after shots were fired at a child rape survivor’s home in Bahsuma at 12:47 am on October 12, with the Special Operations Group joining the hunt.
- The accused, identified as Shahzad alias Nikki, had a ₹25,000 reward and seven cases registered against him, including POCSO and gang-rape allegations, after a prior prison term.
- Investigators recovered a pistol, a motorcycle, a mobile phone and ammunition at the scene, sent the body for post-mortem, and noted this was the seventh fatal encounter in Meerut in about 16 days.