Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested a 27-year-old man, who along with his associates, had killed a Class XII student of a rival group by brutally thrashing him with iron rods for establishing supremacy in South-west Cantt area.
Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, Ravindra Yadav, said the accused has been identified as Deepak who lives in Government quarters at CVD lines in Delhi Cantt. His father is a Government employee in Central Ordinance Depot, Kirby Place.
According to police, on July17, last year, a murder took place near Thimayya Park, Kirbi Place, Delhi Cantt where the accused Deepak, along with his associates, had killed a youth Aakash (22).
One accused Gaurav Dancer, along with his associates were apprehended while the main accused Deepak absconded from the spot.
“On January 20 the accused was arrested on a basis of an information that he would come near Kargil Chowk, Dwarka to meet his aide in the evening,” police said.
During the absconding period, the accused Deepak hid himself in different areas of Ranikhet, Uttarakhand and Katra, Jammu for about 6 months.
Police claimed that the accused did a Computer Course and got a job related to Event Management in Karol Bagh. After this, he also worked as Supervisor in Blue Dart Courier Company.
During this period, he came in contact with desperate gangster Gaurav Jharera through his cousins Vijay and Vishal.
The gang leader Gaurav Jharera is previously involved in about 45 criminal cases of murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery and Arms Act.