Special Cell arrested five sharp-shooters of the notorious Kapil Sangwan gang. Out of these five men, three are wanted in the murder of ShriKrishan, father of notorious criminal Manjeet Mahal, police said on Sunday.
According to Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell), the five accused were arrested on the evening of March 11 when they were going in a Red Polo car toward Mitraun village in Southwest Delhi.
Police said that the accused has been identified as Krishan (28), Anil Sharma (22), Deepak Maan (22), Pankaj Dagar (37) and Deepak Sharma (21).
On March 11 at around 7.30 pm, the accused came in a red Polo car.
“Sleuths of Special Cell were keeping surveillance on the movement of the Kapil Sangwan gang. Based on which, we laid a trap near the Hanuman mandir in the Surakhpur-Najafgarh road. The accused men got to know about the police presence and once our team intercepted their car, they opened five rounds of fire at the police,” said Yadav.
Police said that they suspected them to be members of a gang led by Kapil-Jyoti
Sangwan alias Nandu. Police said there was a reward of `50,000 on the information leading to the arrest of one Krishan who was a sharp-shooter of the Nandu gang. While four of the arrested were in their 20s, the fifth member was a 37 years old. Police have recovered seven semi-automatic weapons, including a mini carbine gun, and 75 live cartridges. Police said three of the arrested were involved in the murder of Shri Kishan, the father of Manjeet Mahal, in January this year.
Police claimed that the gang members were going to Mitraun village to target the family members of Manjeet Mahal after the members of the Sangwan gang killed two of their accomplices following the murder of Shri Krishna. Police claimed the murder of Shri Kishan was the fallout of the rivalry between the gangs of Kapil Sangwan and Manjeet Mahal who are lodged in jails.