The Delhi Police has arrested a 31-year-old criminal and a member of 'Shakeel-Satte gang' involved in more than 65 criminal cases of attempt to murder, dacoity, robbery, assault, intimidation, snatching and arms act registered across the National Capital.
The accused has been identified as Dhananjay alias Barood, a permanent resident of village Phoolwaria in Mujaffarpur (Bihar) and was living in Delhi's Nand Nagri for last 15 years.
Police had also declared a reward of Rs 50 thousand on information leading to his arrest in three cases of robbery in Delhi's Laxmi Nagar, Shakarpur and Badarpur area.
According to Pramod Singh Kushwaha, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Special Cell, on August 13, police received specific inputs that Dhananjay would come near Shriram Dharamkanta in Lal Kuan area of Ghaziabad between 8 to 9 PM to meet one of his contacts. "Acting on the inputs a trap was laid and the accused was arrested at around 8:45 PM. He has been arrested under the appropriate section of the law," said the DCP.
"During interrogation, the accused revealed that he shifted to Delhi in Nand Nagri area 15 years ago and his criminal carrier started about 13 years ago, when he started committing theft and thereafter small robberies in Delhi," said the DCP.
"The accused also revealed that on the intervening night of August 7 and 8, the accused along with his aide had intercepted Maruti Ertiga car at Vikas Marg, near Geeta Colony and robbed the three occupants of the car of their cash, ornaments, debit cards, valuable and other belongings at gunpoint. Victims were employees of a MNC in Gurgaon," said the DCP.
"Similarly in month of February this year the accused along with his associates had also robbed a businessman on gunpoint in Laxmi Nagar area," the DCP added.
"The accused further revealed that he is involved in more than 65 criminal cases including two cases of attempt to murder, 30 cases of dacoity and robbery, 12 cases of snatching, five cases of theft, five cases of arms act and various other cases of assault and intimidation registered across National Capital," said the DCP.
Dhananjay is associated with notorious Shakeel-Satte group of Trans-Yamuna for seven years. Dhananjay was arrested in 39 cases of robbery and snatching with Shakeel in the year 2014.