New Delhi, June 24 -- Detailing the encounter between Delhi Police and wanted criminal Romil Vohra, Additional CP (Special Cell) Pramod Kushwaha said the gangster, ignoring calls to surrender, opened fire at the police team, prompting retaliatory fire. Vohra later succumbed to his bullet injuries in the hospital.

"We had got information about Romil Vohra, a wanted criminal in Delhi and Haryana, from Haryana STF last night. This morning, the Counter-Intelligence Unit of Delhi Police Special Cell and Haryana STF put a joint check post at the Delhi-Haryana border near Dera Mandi," Kushwaha told ANI.

"At the joint check post, when he was offered to surrender, he fired at the police, in which two police personnel were injured, and Romil Vohr...