The crime investigation agency (CIA) of the Gurugram police arrested a wanted inter-State criminal along with his aide from the Dwarka expressway near Garhi Harsaru village in Gurugram on Monday.
The police said on Tuesday that a bounty of Rs 25,000 had been fixed on one criminal.
The arrested accused were identified as Akash alias Ashu of Bamdoli village in Gurugram, the Haryana police had fixed a bounty of Rs 25,000 on him. The other accused was identified as Jasveer alias Jassa of Jind district in Haryana.
The police added that the nabbed culprits were involved in two dozen cases, including murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and extortion and snatching.
“Akash was the kingpin of this gang. Including Akash, we have arrested 13 gang members of his gang in which the Haryana police had fixed a bounty of Rs 25 thousand each on Akash and Ankit and Rs 5,000 each on Ajit and Monu. Till now we have recovered 1 revolver, 8 live cartridges and a Mahindra Scorpio car from their possession,” said Preet Pal Sangwan, ACP (Crime).
According to the police, the accused were arrested by the crime branch team of Palam Vihar unit led by Inspector Joginder Singh, from the Dwarka expressway near Garhi Harsaru village in Gurugram on Sunday after a tip-off.
During interrogation, the kingpin of the gang Akash disclosed that on November 15 he along with his gang members had attacked the family members of a former sarpanch of Bamdoli village in which around four people sustained critical injuries during the incident.
“All the nabbed culprits were habitual offenders and have served jail terms in the past. Akash wanted to establish his domination in his village so that he along with his accomplices had allegedly attacked on the victims,” Sangwan said.
It may be recalled that in 2007, Akash had killed his classmate inside his school premises with his father’s licence pistol. The incident had hit the several headlines at that time.