A 25-year-old State-level boxer was arrested along with his associate for allegedly carrying illegal arms in his car. The arrest was made from South-West’s Delhi Baba Haridas Nagar on Sunday evening. Police personnel signalled him to stop for a random check but he accelerated instead.
A senior police officer said the accused have been identified as Rishi Raj and Puneet Yadav (24), a notorious criminal of Uttam Nagar area. The duo was brought to the police station and put through sustained interrogation.
Rishi told the police that he had started practising at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in 2005 along with Olympic bronze medalist Vijender Singh.
“After some years, he had participated in many State-level competitions. later, he started associating with some Delhi University students and was reportedly involved in number of scuffles. In 2007, he killed a businessman in Gurgaon and after release from jail, he started committing robbery,” police officer said.
“Rishi, who is from Surakhpur village in Najafgarh, was once a well-known boxer of the Capital and had participated in many State-level competitions. He had won several laurels but the temptation of easy money turned him into a criminal,” the officer added.
“Rishi is involved in several cases of robbery, murder and attempt to murder in Delhi and Haryana. Nowadays, he is dealing in disputed property matters,” he said.
Police have recovered two sophisticated weapons along with some cartridges and a Swift Dzire car.
“Station House Officer (Baba Haridas Nagar), Prem Chand Khanduri along with police personnel were checking vehicle at a Sundar Nagar picket on Sunday. They spotted a white Swift car sans numberplate coming from Najafgarh area. They signalled for it to stop but the man did not heed the signal and tried to escape,” the officer added.
Alert cops flashed a message and the chase started. The occupants then rammed their car into a tree and started running on the after abandoning it. They also whipped out their weapons and threatened the police with dire consequences but the police overpowered them,” the officer added.