A 30-year-old alleged criminal was gunned down in a shootout by Delhi Police Special Cell inside a famous restaurant located in Central Delhi’s Rajendra Nagar area on Saturday evening.
Manoj Vasistha, who is facing more than eight cases of cheating in real estate, was sitting alone at Sagar Ratna restaurant when the a police team led by an inspector reached there on a tip-off.
“On seeing the police team, he whipped out a pistol and opened a fire on the policemen. In retaliation, a team member pumped a bullet in his chest,” Special Commissioner of Police SN Srivatava told The Pioneer.
Manoj was taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead. A country made pistol has been recovered from his possession.
He was an accused in three cases of cheating in delhi and one in Chandigarh. He was a resident of Central Delhi’s Barakhamba Road area.