The Special Task Force (STF) of the Haryana Police nabbed a notorious criminal Sampat Nehra (28), a member of the lawrence Bishnoi gang from Hyderabad on Wednesday night.
The Rajasthan and Haryana police had declared a bounty of Rs 50 thousand each on his head. The accused was involved in two dozen cases of murder, attempt to murder, carjacking and extortion.
According to the police a team of STF Haryana led by Inspector General of Police (IGP), Saurabh Singh and Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Satish Balan had made all-out efforts to arrest the accused Nehra, a native of Kishangarh, Chandigarh.
He also has dozens of cases registered against him in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. He is particularly notorious for murdering people in exchange for crores of rupees, the police, said.
The lawrence Bishnoi Gang recently in January came to light when its kingpin had issued a death threat to Bollywood actor Salman Khan. The kingpin of the gang lawrence Bishnoi currently locked up in Jodhpur central jail.
Nehra, a national-level decathlon silver medalist, is a son of an Assistant Sub-Inspector with the Chandigarh Police.
The accused was wanted in over 30 cases of heinous crimes registered in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.
The Bishnoi gang is one of the most dreaded gangs which is also active on social media like Facebook and Whatsapp.
“He is accused of murdering a municipal councillor’s husband in Punjab’s Banur area, as well as an attempt to murder the brother of a former MlA of the Indian National lok Dal (INlD), opening of fire at a police team to free his associate Deepak from police custody and killing a person after looting his SUV at gunpoint in Kurukshetra area,” the police, said
The gangster along with his colleagues had killed a man, a resident of Jaitapur in Sadulpur court in Rajgarh, Rajasthan.
“Nehra is one of the most wanted criminal. Several other cases are also registered against him, regarding murders, attempts to murder, extortion, loot and dacoity. He will be brought to Gurugram from Hyderabad, on remand and questioned further,” Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Satish Balan, said.