A 38-year-old hardened criminal, who was wanted in 100 cases of car jackings in the national Capital and wanted in more than eight cases of murders , has been arrested by Delhi Police Crime Branch from Lucknow. Identified as Sharad Pandey (38), was also involved in a sensational kidnapping of a doctor in which he demanded Rs five crore as ransom money.
Delhi and Haryana Police had also declared a reward of Rs one lakh each on information leading to his arrest. The accused Sharad Pandey, a resident of Uttam Nagar in West Delhi is also a bad character (BC) of Bindapur Police Station.
According to Dr G Ram Gopal Naik, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Crime Branch, “There was an information about the movement of Pandey and it was further developed. Accordingly, a Crime Branch team led by Inspector Gagan Bhaskar was dispatched to Lucknow on Sunday to arrest and bring the fugitive to justice.
“The team found that Pandey has constructed a bungalow in Woodland Township in Lucknow and was to coming there to sell it to the prospective buyers. He was over powered by the crime branch team after a brief encounter,” said the DCP.
“Interrogation revealed that Pandey was involved in eight murders, one kidnapping and several cases of carjacking ,” the DCP said.
“In February 2017, Pandey, along with his accomplices, had killed Sandeep, Balbir and Surender and thrown their bodies into Gang Nahar in Gohana, Haryana, said the DCP.
“In December 2015, he had killed two men in Bhatinda, Punjab and in 2009-2010, he killed two men in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh,” said the DCP.
“Pandey had kidnapped a doctor in 2015 from Nabi Karim area of the central Delhi and demanded Rs 5 crore as ransom,” said the DCP adding that he was also a leader of a gang and had looted more than 100 luxury vehicles from in-front of Vasant kunj Mall, Saket Mall, NH-8, IGI Airport and Vasant Vihar.
“They had first kidnapped the driver at gun point and later thrown him out of the car on highways after looting the vehicle. They had disposed of looted vehicles in North Eastern states,” said the DCP.
“Police have traced 17 cars in Arunachal Pradesh. Further police have also recovered country-made pistol and four live cartridges from the possession of the accused,” said the DCP.