A week after gangster Badan Singh Baddo who was serving life sentence for a murder escaped from Uttar Pradesh (UP) police custody, three gangsters who helped the gangster escape were nabbed by the sleuths of Delhi Police Crime Branch on Friday. UP police had also declared a reward of Rs 25,000 on information leading to their arrest.
Badan Singh Baddo (48) was convicted last year for the murder of a lawyer in 1996. He has 10 cases of murder, extortion and robbery registered against him in UP.
Rajiv Ranjan, Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch said Singh’s three accomplices — Dipin Suri (39), Jeet Singh Makkad (49) and Sonu Sehgal (46) — were arrested on Thursday from SriniwasPuri bus stand.
“Interrogation revealed the three men planned the escape of Singh after meeting him in the Fatehgarh Jail. On March, 28 last week, when Singh was brought to Ghaziabad court for an appearance, he won the confidence of the police team escorting him.
He lured them to a hotel Mukul Mahal, which is owned by Baddo’s friend, in Meerut,” said additional CP.
“There, Suri, Makkad and Sehgal and their associates offered the police team food and drinks laced with sedatives. When the policemen became unconscious, Baddo and his accomplices fled the hotel,” said additional CP.
“A case was registered in this regard and all the six policemen escorting Singh were arrested by the local UP police. The Uttar Pradesh Police announced a reward of Rs 25,000 each on the arrest of these persons,” said the additional CP.
“Suri, who came in touch with Baddo around 15 years ago, had contested in the 2007 UP Assembly election from Meerut. He has been involved in an attempt to murder case,” said additional CP.
“Makkad was a Kho-Kho coach. He went to Panchkula to work in a Punjabi movie in which he played a role of an associate of the main villain. Then he came back to Meerut and worked as a property dealer. He came in contact of Baddo around 10 years ago,” said the additional CP.
“Sehgal owned five sports good units in Saipuram, Meerut and came in contact of gangster Singh about five-six years ago.