A 31-year-old gangster, carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh, was arrested by the sleuths of Delhi Police Special Cell after an encounter in outer Delhi's Rohini area in the early hours Tuesday.
The man has been identified as Paramjeet Dalal (31), a resident of Bahadurgarh in Haryana. The encounter took place on the main heliport road opposite Rohini's Sector-37 at 5.15 am.
Police said the accused has been on crime spree since 2009. "He was earlier involved in 10 cases of murder, extortion, robbery, Arms Act etc.. Paramjeet is notorious for making extortion calls in Rohini and Outer Delhi area. He used to extort money from property dealers, illegal satta operators and other businessmen," said a senior police official.
According to Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, specific inputs were received regarding Paramjeet that he would come to Pooth Kalan village to meet his associate and to collect money for shifting his hideout to a new place, somewhere in Himachal Pradesh.
"Acting on the tip-off, a trap was laid and at around 5:15 am Dalal was spotted. On seeing the police the accused tried to flee away but was surrounded by the police team. The police team warned him to surrender but despite clear, unambiguous and warning, he whipped out a weapon and started firing indiscriminately towards police personnel," said the DCP.
"During the confrontation, Dalal received a bullet injury in his left leg. He was rushed to Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital where he is undergoing treatment," said the DCP adding that further investigation is going on.