Two members of Tillu gang of Tajpur village in Delhi were arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell on Monday. One of the accused had a bounty of Rs 25,000 on his head as he was allegedly involved in the killing of an eyewitness in a murder case.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said that the accused Sonu (24) was carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head and his associate Shekhar (23) were apprehended by a raiding party after getting the information that the Tillu gang would come to Sector-11, Rohini in a silver i-20 to meet someone. On spotting the police they whipped out their weapons but were overpowered by the police team.”
On May 5, Rattan lal (65) was shot dead inside his shop in Rohini by two armed assailants. lal was a key witness in his son Gaurav’s murder case, said the DCP. Gaurav was allegedly killed last year by one Manjeet and to weaken the trial of the case, the latter had allegedly hired contract killers for Rs 2 lakh to eliminate lal, who was provided with a security cover by the Delhi Police. On the basis of CCTV footage and other clues, it was found that lal was killed by Himmat and Sonu, two contract killers of the Sunil alias Tillu gang, added the officer.
On Monday, the Special Cell of Delhi Police received a tip-off that the members of the gang would come to Sector 11, Rohini in a car to meet someone, he said. When the police intercepted the car, the two occupants in it — Sonu and Shankar — took out their weapons and the former pointed a pistol towards the policemen, the DCP said, adding that however, the accused were overpowered by the men in uniform.
Both the accused were arrested and two semi-automatic pistols and seven live cartridges were seized from their possession, along with their car.
In the last few months, Sonu was involved in “eliminating” the members and facilitators of Tillu’s rival gang, headed by Jitender alias Gogi of Alipur, added the DCP.
Earlier, he was also involved in cases of carjacking, murder, robbery etc, he said.