A 24-year-old alleged sharp-shooter, who had opened fire on a property dealer’s office in Baba Haridas Nagar recently after he had refused to pay an extortion amount of Rs 50 lakh, has been arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police.
The accused — identified as Pawan, alias Pona — is a sharp-shooter of ‘Vikas, alias Vicky Jharodia Gang’. Jharodia, along with his associates Udaibir Singh, alias Kala and Virender, alias Bholu had tried to kill former MlA Bharat Singh in 2012 but he survived despite sustaining bullet injuries.
Udaibir, Virender and their associates had carried out a similar attack recently in which Bharat Singh was killed. While Udaibir has been arrested, Virender is on the run.
“Pawan was arrested on Monday when he had come to meet one of his associates at a bus stand near Sir Chhotu Ram Polytechnic at Kanjhawala in Delhi. One country-made pistol and two live cartridges were recovered from him,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav.