The incident took place on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. In retaliation, the police shot the history-sheeter in the leg and he was later admitted to Sawai Mansingh (SMS) Hospital.

Additional DCP North Bajrang Singh said, “A case of firing and extortion was registered against Rakesh Kumar Yadav at Vidyadhar Nagar police station. There was a reward announced on him because he was absconding for a long time. Police received information that the accused was in Assam and hence a team was sent to Dibrugarh as he was hiding in a village there. On 13 May, he was arrested from Dibrugarh and brought to Delhi.

''Three policemen were sent from Jaipur to Delhi. When the criminal was being brought to Jaipur on the intervening night of Wednesday-Thursday, at 12.30 in the night the accused asked to stop the car to go to the bathroom. As soon as the car stopped near Daulatpura (Jaipur), he took out a pistol and started firing, then the police team chased him and in response to his firing opened fire, which hit the feet of history-sheeter Rakesh. I got involved. DCP

Last year, Rakesh Kumar had demanded extortion amount of Rs 1 crore from a jeweller, when he did not get the extortion money, Rakesh opened fire on the jeweller's son. The accused is a history-sheeter of Shrimadhopur police station of Sika district. There are many criminal cases registered against him in the state.