Delhi Police Crime Branch finally nabbed two alleged sharpshooters of dreaded Neeraj Bawana gang. It is alleged that the duo had shot dead two brothers following an incident of road rage in Sultanpur Dabas village of Bawana in Outer Delhi on February 28.
They were arrested by a team of Crime Branch after a brief exchange of fire on Tuesday morning. Identified as Rahul, alias Kala and Ravi, alias Monia carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh each. Two sophisticated pistols along with seven live cartridges and two fired cartridges were recovered along with a Maruti Swift car.
On February 28, a Skoda car driven by Rahul had a minor accident with a Champion Tempo of Sahab Singh following which Rahul, Ravi and Katya who were in the car, got into a heated argument with Sahab Singh and his brother Kaptan. The trio then shot dead both the brothers and fled from the scene, Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, RS Yadav said.
A team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northern Range) Kumar Gyanesh was formed. Police were tipped off on Tuesday morning that Rahul and Ravi, wanted in the double murder, would come from Khera Khurd village toward Prahladpur village through canal bridge and go to Pooth Khurd village between 5 am and 7 am in a white Swift car with the intention to kill Rajesh, alias Durmuth of Neetu Dabodha gang.
Accordingly, a trap was laid and one white Maruti Swift car was spotted. When the occupants of the car were asked to stop, they opened fire on the police. The police party acted swiftly and apprehended the duo with arms. A body search led to the recovery of one 7.65 mm bore pistol along with four live cartridges, one pistol of 9 mm along with three live cartridges and two fired cartridges of 9 mm and 7.65 mm each were recovered from them while the Maruti Swift car was also seized.