Goa, April 16 -- In a high-stakes midnight operation punctu ated by gunfire and a tense standoff, the Delhi Police Crime Branch gunned down an interstate dacoi ty trail that had stretched as far as Goa, arresting six alleged Bangladeshi crimi nals after a fierce exchange of fire near Sarai Kale Khan in the early hours of April 15. Acting on specific intel ligence that a major daco ity was imminent in South Delhi, a Crime Branch team from the Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Cell (AEKC) moved in under the cover of darkness, laying a trap for the gang believed to be behind a string of violent robberies across multiple States including Goa.

What followed was a brief but fiery encounter. As police closed in, the suspects allegedly opened fire i...