The Delhi Crime Branch has arrested a notorious sharpshooter of Hitender Singh Rawat gang, identified as Deepak, a resident of Rohini, Kanjhawla Road, Delhi after a brief scuffle near Begumpur Chowk. Deepak, 35, carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head. He involved in three cases of murder and had so far managed to evade law.
According to Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime Alok Kumar, they received information that some members of the Hitender Singh Rawat gang were regrouping and planning to commit some big robberies in Delhi and NCR in order to finance associates lodged in jail and to meet their other expenses. Acting on the information, a team led by ACP Anil Dureja was formed under supervision of DCP Bhisham Singh. The team laid a trap near Begumpur Chowk and after some time one person riding a Bajaj Platina motorcycle was signaled to stop but he whipped out a pistol. He was apprehended successfully before he could fire at the police Party. His body search led to the recovery of one pistol, three live cartridges and a stolen motorcycle.
Deepak was put to sustained interrogation and revealed that the accused was involved in a sensational murder case, registered at Hauz Qazi police station of Central district. In the said case one Vijay Yadav @ Bijji, who was a Bad Character of PS Hauz Qazi and used to extort from the builders of old Delhi area was murdered. The builders were so fed up with the extortion of Vijay Yadav that they hatched a plan to eliminate him. Accordingly, some prominent builders of the area hired contract killers of Hitender gang of Ghaziabad (UP) active in UP, Delhi & NCR and gave supari of Rs 1 crore to Hitender Singh Rawat @ Chhotu to eliminate Vijay Yadav, Kumar said.