Based on the information provided by Neeraj Bawana, an associate of the notorious gangster Amit Malik alias ‘Bhura’ who was in police remand, the joint teams of Delhi and Uttarakhand police recovered AK-47 rifle and SlR rifle that were looted when Bhura had escaped in December last.
The firearms were dug out of a canal near Vijay Nagar Colony, Delhi on April 9 night.The Delhi Special Cell had arrested gangster Neeraj Bawana on April 7, 2015. State Director General of Police BS Sidhu has announced reward of Rs20,000 to the teams for recovering looted weapons from the possession of the gangster.
Interrogation of Neeraj by the joint team revealed that gangster Bhura and one of Neeraj’s relatives were present when these wepeaons were hidden inside the canal near Vijay Nagar Colony, Delhi. Sub-insepctors Mohammad Yasin and Narendra Bisht, inspectors Umesh Barthwal and Kailash Bisht were members of the joint team from Uttarakhand police.
Earlier, based on information provided by Arvind Rohila, another associate of Bhura, the joint police team of Delhi and Uttarakhand had recovered another AK-47 rifle looted during the infamous escapade. It is learnt that Uttarakhand police will seek police remand of gangster Amit Malik alias ‘Bhura’ from the court to interrogate him on cases registered in various police stations across the State.
In course of investigation to crack an ATM loot case held in Patiala recently, Punjab police had arrested Bhura along with his aide Sachin Khokhar from Patiala on April 4. Notably, on December 15 last year, Bhura had escaped from police custody while being taken to the court in Baghpat in connection with a murder case.
The gangsters managed to give the armed escort of Bhura a slip by reportedly after his aides threw chili powder in the eyes of the cops.In the sensational escape, the gangsters got away with two AK-47 rifles and one self-loading rifle (SlR). UP and Uttarakhand governments had announced a reward of Rs5 lakhs each on Bhura’s head.