The message was written on the board in the man’s handwriting.
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A man wanted to surrender to police in a loot case here with a sign around his neck that read “I have come to surrender, don’t shoot me,” officials said Wednesday.
The man, identified as Ankit Verma, has been on the run for six months, she added.
“It is a result of police fear among the criminals that they will surrender,” said Circle Officer (CO) Navina Shukla.
On Tuesday, Verma reached Chhapia police station with a sign around his neck and shouted: “I have come to surrender, don’t shoot me,” he said.
The sign also had the same message in his handwriting, the police officer said.
An Amarjit Chauhan from Mahuli Khori village had filed a complaint with the police alleging that when he was returning from a university on a motorcycle on February 20, two men stopped him at Piprahi Bridge and left his two-wheeler, mobile phone and wallet under shot had looted. , he said.
Subsequently, a case of theft was filed and during the investigation, the names of Ankit Verma and another person emerged, Shukla said, adding that Superintendent of Police Ankit Mittal also announced a reward of Rs 20,000 for their arrest.
Station agent Suresh Kumar Verma said the man had been arrested and other legal formalities had been completed.
The surrender of the man before Prime Minister Yogi Aditynath’s visit here has been described by police as a “great achievement”.
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