The Delhi Police has arrested a wanted criminal of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Kanhaiya Vishwakarma alias Girdhari, who allegedly killed a rival gang member in a shootout in the posh Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow last week.
Police said that they have also recovered One 9 mm pistol and a live cartridge from the possession of the accused. Police said that a reward of Rs one lakh was declared on his arrest in a 2019 case where he killed one Ritesh in Varanasi. Girdhari was also a resident of Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh (UP).
According to a senior police official, on Monday, the special staff of Outer North district of the Delhi Police got a tip-off regarding a suspicious person having weapon in Rohini’s Sector-11 area.
“Thereafter, a team was formed and the accused was apprehended. Interrogation revealed that on January 6, he killed one Ajit Singh of the rival gang member in Lucknow,” said the senior police official.
Ajit, 39, who was a notorious criminal of Mau district having 17 cases against him, and his associate Mohar Singh were travelling in an SUV when three motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire at them.
After killing Ajit, he wanted to make Delhi as his hideout. He reached Delhi on Monday and while Vishwakarma was searching a house for him, he was arrested, police said.
Over 20 cases have been registered against him. The first case was registered of a robbery in 2001, police added.