A 26-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a case of dacoity and murder in North Delhi’s Civil Lines area, police said on Sunday. The accused, Mohit Chauhan of Loni, is a sharpshooter of the “Chenu Gang”, they said.
The arrest was made in connection with the incident of murder-cum-dacoity that took place in the Civil Lines area on May 8 in which a person was shot dead, police said, adding that the accused was previously involved in 19 criminal cases, involving robbery, dacoity and murder.
Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Singh Yadav said information was received by police that Chauhan was the main shooter in the case and was living in Bhogpur village in Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh.
“Our raiding party laid a trap near Rajputana Dhaba along the Bulandshahr-Aligarh Highway. The suspect came on a motorcycle to meet his uncle and was apprehended,” he said.
