Days after a 40-year-old builder was shot dead by unknown assailants outside his office in Paschim Vihar, the Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested a 24 year old man in connection with the case.
The accused, identified as Deepanshu, is a member of a Kaala Sahuwasia Gang and allegedly claimed that he killed the victim for refusing to sell weapons to him.
He is also a close aide of renowned gangster Bhupender alias Monu Dariapur alias Tampu who was murdered by gangster Sonu Dariyapur, they said.
The incident took place on July 2 around 3 pm on a busy street in Paschim Vihar A-block. The deceased, Amit Goel, had come out of his office and was entering his car when a group of assailants came in a Toyota Corolla car and fired at Goel. Goel was shot at five-six times and succumbed to the injuries.
After firing multiple rounds, the unidentified assailant fled from the spot in a car, which was later found abandoned, a senior police officer said. Goel was previously involved in two cases related to arms.
He was a professional shooter and used to import sophisticated automatic weapons under the guise of weapons imported for sport related shooting, thus misusing the import policy meant for Indian shooters, police added.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Rohit Kumar Meena said that an input was received about the involvement of one Deepanshu in the murder case of the builder.
After technical analysis and scanning CCTV footages, the lead was further developed and the vehicle being used by Deepanshu was identified.
During interrogation, Sharma told police that after failing to deliver one of the two orders, Goel had threatened him with dire consequences, which offended him and he decided to eliminate him. Sharma also took help of gangster Bhupendra for changing hideouts since July 3, police said.
Involvement of Bhupender in the murder is being probed as he was with Sharma before the day of murder and was apprehended along with him, he is handed over to local police for further investigation, they said.
Goel, along with a Slovenian national, was arrested in 2017 by Directorate of Intelligence (DRI) for importing 25 automatic imported pistols illegally into India. He was allegedly involved in supplying imported automatic weapons to gangsters of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, they added.