Two members alleged to be from the Jitender Maan alias Gogi gang, were arrested in North Delhi’s Timarpur area with 12 pistols and 30 cartridges that they had procured from illicit firearms manufacturers in Madhya Pradesh and Bihar to execute the escape of their gang’s jailed gangster Karambir alias Kaju in Delhi and Haryana. The arrested Gogi’s gang members have been identified as Abhishek alias Amit alias Mitta, 24, and Naveen alias Shanichar, 38, both residents of Sonipat district in Haryana. According to police, 12pistols and 30 live cartridges were found on them at the time of the arrest.
Abhishek was involved in an attempt to help escape jailed gangster Karambir from a hospital last year, they said. On April 27, police got a tip-off that two members of Gogi gang have recently purchased illicit weapons from some suppliers in Madhya Pradesh and would come to Gandhi Vihar area of Timarpur.