The Special Cell of Delhi Police has nabbed a 40-year-old man allegedly involved in opening fire at a police party in 2018 near a mall in Gurugram.
The accused has been identified as Nasim alias Bhukkad. Police said that Bhukkad is a Mewat based criminal and was wanted in a case of assault and firing at Delhi police team in North Delhi's Timarpur area in 2018.
Police said that he remained evasive for two years and was subsequently declared as a proclaimed offender by a Delhi court.
According to Pramod Singh Kushwaha, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, the accused was arrested on November 12 from a spot near a mall in Gurugram and has been booked under appropriate sections of law.
“In September 2018, the accused Nasim and his six associates stole cows from Timarpur.
They loaded them in their truck and started moving away in their vehicle when they were challenged by police. They were chased by a PCR van and their vehicle was intercepted near Wazirabad flyover,” said the DCP.
“While all the accused fled away from the spot after opening fire at the PCR staff, nearly after about a week, two members of the gang were arrested, but Nasim and his other four associates were absconding since then,” said the DCP.
“On interrogation, the accused revealed that during his absconding period, he had been hiding himself in the interiors of Mewat area and continued with his criminal activities from there with the help of his associates,” said the DCP
.“The accused was previously involved in more than 30 criminal cases of robbery, dacoity, cow-smuggling and attempt to murder in Delhi and Haryana,” said the DCP.