The Crime Branch unit of the Gurugram police arrested two more wanted criminals from the Rohtak-Hisar bypass on Tuesday.
The Crime unit Sector-39 had swung into action after receiving information from two members of the same gang who were allegedly nabbed by the crime branch after a gun battle near Rithoj village during the early hours of Monday.
The arrested accused have been identified as Amit Godara alias Shyama of Sri Ganganagar district in Rajasthan and Shri Bhagwan of Rohtak.
The two criminals had managed to escape using the cover of darkness during an encounter on Monday.
Four automatic pistols, 20 live cartridges, 5 magazines, 4 mobile phones and 1 master key have been recovered from their possession, the police said on Tuesday.
The accused had disclosed to the police that they had brought the four automatic pistols for Rs 35,000 each and 5 magazines for Rs 7,000 each from Madhya Pradesh.
According to the police, all the arrested culprits were involved in a dozen cases of attempt to murder, loot, snatching incidents on gun points, dacoity, house theft and vehicle thefts which they had committed in Ratasthan, Punjab and Haryana.
“During interrogation the culprits revealed that they had come to Gurugram along with their accomplice Rahul Barar, (who is yet to be arrested) to rob an SUV vehicle. Thereafter they use that vehicle to carry out more killings in Punjab and Maharashtra but before that they were nabbed by the Gurugram police,” ACP (crime), Preet Pal Sangwan said.
The accused have also disclosed before the police that they belong to Punjab based Dilpeet alias Baba gang.
“The gang leader Dilpreet alias Baba is currently lodged in Ropar (Punjab) jail. Amit who has been arrested while Rahul who is still absconding was a kingpin of the gang. They used to include such companions in their gang who did not know them, so that if they were arrested they could not tell anything about the gang leaders. Shri Bhagwan the arrested accused was the new member of the gang,” Sangwan said.
On Monday the Gurugram police had nabbed Sunil Kumar alias Sonu and Sandeep after a brief exchange of fires near Rithoj village.
The duo had received bullet injuries and is still undergoing treatment at the Civil Hospital Sector-10A in Gurugram.