New Delhi, Oct 7 : The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested a wanted sharpshooter of ‘Hashim Baba gang’ who was wanted in connection with two cases of firing, an official said on Saturday.
The arrested individual has been identified as Zaheer a.k.a Guddu (25) — a resident of Vishwas Nagar.He was previously involved in a total of six criminal cases, including three of the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell), Alok Kumar, said that after the police laid a trap on Friday after they received information about Zaheer’s visit to a place near Vishwas Nagar extention.
“The accused was seen arriving on a scooty.When he was cornered by the police and asked to surrender, he whipped out his pistol and threatened to fire at the members of the team.
However, he was overpowered and disarmed,” the DCP said.
The police recovered from his possession one semi-automatic pistol of .32 bore with three live cartridges.
The DCP said Zaheer was currently wanted in two cases of firing at two places in the trans-Yamuna area on the intervening nights of September 23 and 24.
“The accused disclosed that he, along with his two associates, came on a two-wheeler and fired more than a dozen rounds at two places as per the directions of Hashim Baba and one Nitin Jain, an active associate of Hashim Baba,” the police officer said.
During questioning, the police learned that the bike, the scooty, and the two pistols used in firing were supplied by Nitin Jain to them as per the directions of Hashim Baba.
“Both vehicles were returned to Nitin Jain by the accused after the firing incidents,” said the DCP.
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