Delhi Police have arrested Sonu Jat, a member of notorious Neeraj Bawana gang. Sonu Jaat (28), a resident of Rohtak district in Haryana carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh over his head.
“Sonu was arrested on Saturday at around 2 am from near Mukundpur-Bhalswa dairy Road.
Police recovered one semi-automatic pistol and four live cartridges from his possession on the spot,” said Pramod Singh Kushwaha, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell.
“Investigation revealed that through his cousin Sunil, Sonu came in contact with Monu Bajitpur in 2009 who was a close associate of Neeraj Bawana.
Later, Sonu became the close confident of Monu. Monu used to even give money to Sonu for his expenses,” the DCP said.
“In 2010, Sonu, Sandeep and Sunil were arrested in Shalimar Bagh area when they tried to rob a petrol pump. In the jail, he came in contact with Shamshuddin. Sonu, along with Shamshuddin and his other associates, started land grabbing in the area of Haiderpur,” said the DCP.
“In 2016, their rival Mohit had killed Shamshuddin over some land dispute. In order to take revenge of
the killing of Shamshuddin, Sonu fired at Ravinder, the brother of Mohit, on April 1, 2018. Later, he killed Mohit in Haiderpur on January 21,” said the DCP.
“On February 1, Sonu also fired at their rival Vikas Chauhan who was a rival of Monu,” said the DCP adding that further investigation is going on.