Delhi Police has arrested a 28-year-old man who was allegedly involved in helping gangster Kuldeep Fajja escape from police custody at Delhi’s GTB Hospital in March.
The accused has been identified as Amit Mathur, a resident of Karala. Police said that Mathur helped Fajja escape on the instructions of another gangster named Deepak alias Titar. Fajja was later killed in an encounter by the police.
According to Pranav Tayal, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Rohini district, on March 25, Fajja, a member of the Jitender alias Gogi gang, had escaped from police custody at the GTB Hospital in East Delhi’s Shahdara after a group of five to six people opened fire at the escort party there.
“Police had received specific inputs that Mathur was present at his residence, following which a police team apprehended him. He confessed to his involvement in the escape of Fajja,” said the DCP.
“Mathur is a friend of Deepak, a member of the Gogi gang, and was involved in various incidents on his instructions,” said the DCP.