A 33-year-old member and a close associate of gangster Kapil Sangwan was apprehended by the Delhi Police following a shootout in Dwarka in the early hours of Monday.
The accused has been identified as Kuldeep Rathi, a resident of Delhi's Dinpur area. Poliuce said that Rathi was wanted in several cases of murder, attempt to murder, extortion and kidnapping in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR).
According to Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, on September 30, early hours of Monday, specific inputs were received that Kuldeep Rathi would be coming to Dwarka area to commit a crime for his gang leader, Kapil Sangwan @ Nandu.
"Acting on the inputs a trap was laid on a road near Sector-23, Dwarka at about 4.30 AM, when a bike was spotted coming from Golf Road, Dwarka side. The police team signaled the biker to stop but he accelerated following which a police team also chased him," said the DCP.
"However, police team intercepted Rathi within a short distance. He was again warned by the police team to surrender, but finding himself covered by the police team, Rathi started indiscriminate firing towards the police team. Rathi sustained a bullet injury to the leg during the shootout with personnel of the Special Cell of Delhi Police," said the DCP.
"During interrogation, Rathi disclosed in the fight of supremacy and to reign the crime world, he switched from Lagarpuriya gang to Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu and sooner he became trustworthy of gangster Kapil Sangwan. He actively provides shelter and other aide to the gang members in Himachal Pradesh," said the DCP.