According to officials, the man, identified as Ankit Verma, has been on the run for the past six months.
Circle Officer (CO) Navina Shukla said, “The incident is a result of fear of the police among the criminals.”
On Tuesday, Verma reached the Chhapia police station with a placard hung around his neck and shouted, “I have come to surrender, don’t shoot me.”
The placard carried the same message in his handwriting, the police officer said.
A person named Amarjit Chauhan from Mahuli Khori village had filed a complaint with the police alleging that when he was returning from college on February 20 on a motorcycle, two men stopped him near the Piprahi bridge and looted his two-wheeler, mobile phone and wallet at gunpoint, the officer said.
Subsequently, a case of robbery was lodged and during investigation, the names of Ankit Verma and another person came up, Shukla said, adding that Superintendent of Police Ankit Mittal also announced a reward of Rs 20,000 on their arrest.
SHO Suresh Kumar Verma said Verma has been placed under arrest after completing the legal formalities.
–IANS
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