The sleuths of Delhi Police's Special Cell arrested four assailants along with two others who were allegedly involved in a firing incident attempted to rescue the killer of Youth Akali Dal leader Vicky Middukhera from the police custody after his court appearance in Himachal Pradesh.
The four accused identified as Vakil, (24), Vikram Singh, (23), Pargat Singh, (28) and Gurjant Singh (24) were involved in the firing incident at Nalagarh Court on August 29. The fifth accused Ajay, (22), was involved in supplying logistics while the sixth accused Gagandeep Sharma (30) was the communication handler and local mastermind. The police said the network was being run by absconding Lucky Patial from Europe and Rinda Sandhu from Pakistan. According to police, the incident of firing took place on August 29 outside the ACJM’s court, Nalagarh, Baddi in Himachal Pradesh when Ajay, accused of killing Youth Akali Dal leader Vicky Middukhera was being taken back after his court appearance under the police escorts. The local police, however, suspected it to be an incident attempted to kill accused Ajay. But there were also reports claiming that the assault was to rescue him. Meanwhile, the Special Cell unit of Delhi Police also launched a probe into the firing incident since accused Ajay was arrested by them in March this year in connection with Middukhera's killing.