The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested the most wanted gangster, Kala Jathedi and the infamous woman don of Rajasthan, also called ‘Revolver Rani’ from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
The gangster, Sandeep alias Kala Jathedi was wanted in several cases in Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, police said, adding that he was carrying a reward of `7 lakh for information leading to his arrest.The Delhi Police had also invoked the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against gangster Jathedi. Recently, Jathedi name also surfaced after a 23 year-old wrestler was killed during a brawl in Chattarsal Stadium in May and two times Olympian medallist Sushil Kumar was arrested in connection with the incident.
Police said that they will also investigate Jathedi’s alleged links with Kumar.The 37 year-old woman, identified as Anuradha, is involved in several cases, including that of extortion, kidnapping and murder in Rajasthan. She was also carrying a reward of ` 10,000 on her arrest by the Rajasthan police.Accused woman, Anuradha, was an associate of gangster Anandpal Singh. He was carrying a cash reward of Rs. five lakh on his head, was killed in police encounter on the night of June 24, 2017 at Malasar village in Churu district.
According to Manishi Chandra, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell- Counter Intelligence, after around 20 criminals in different operations were arrested in the past one and a half year, their interrogation led to drawing up of an operation for nabbing the kingpin, Sandeep alias Kala Jathedi.“The team worked painstakingly for over four months before it came across some leads connected to Goa. The team of CI Unit, led by an ACP and two Inspectors, started trailing the identifiers from Goa and the search led them to Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand. The team, in its dogged pursuit, was finally able grab a footage which showed Kala Jathedi in a Sikh attire along with Anuradha,” said the DCP.
“Thereafter, the operation was code-named ‘Op D-24’ to signify that the criminal was running ahead of us by only 24 hours. On July 30, the two duo was apprehended near Sarsawa Toll, Saharanpur – Yamuna Nagar highway, in Uttar Pradesh, while they were in Maruti swift car,” said the DCP.
“Kala Jathedi’s favorite weapon, an imported PX-3 pistol and Anuradha’s favorite weapon, an IOB make 0.38 revolver, along with live cartridges, were recovered from their possession,” said the DCP adding that they duo has been taken in 14 days’ police custody for further investigation.
According to police, after escaping from the custody of Haryana Police in February 2020, Jathedi was working to expand his network in the national capital and adjoining states.“Jathedi had disguised himself as a sikh and started growing beard and wearing turban. After Anuradha Chaudhary joined him, they got fake identities as husband-wife prepared and were constantly shifting bases across different states to avoid any trail,” said police.“They had formulated stringent protocols for communication amongst themselves and associates to maintain fail-proof secrecy,” police said.Jathedi is a close associate of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his gang members are involved in several heinous cases in different states. The special cell of Delhi Police had arrested Bishnoi and Sampat Nehra who are lodged in different jails.According to police, Jathedi, was also one of the conspirators behind the daylight shoot out at GTB hospital in March this year which was executed to free his henchman Kuldeep Fajja, who managed to escape from police custody at the hospital in east Delhi's Shahdara and was later killed in an encounter by the police.