NEW DELHI: The Bambiha syndicate had demanded Rs 10 crore from a Rani Bagh-based businessman and fired round eight rounds at his home final Saturday to scare him into paying, a Delhi Police probe has revealed.
The ‘safety cash’ was demanded by Pawan Shokeen, a US-based gangster presently staying in Sacramento, California, sources mentioned.
The particular cell mentioned on Tuesday that it nabbed Bilal and Suhaib, two of Shokeen’s henchmen, for his or her alleged involvement within the taking pictures. Certainly one of them sustained a gunshot wound in the best leg when he resisted arrest, cops mentioned. Sohail, a 3rd suspect, is absconding.
A probe has revealed that Shokeen operates with Bambiha group kingpin Fortunate Patial from US. Jailed gangsters Kaushal Chaudhary and Bhuppi Rana are dealing with operations from jail.
Each arrested males, police mentioned, are amateurs from Bulandshahr, UP, and had been contacted by Shokeen and tasked with the Rani Bagh reconnaissance and firing.
The shooters reached the businessman’s home round 8.15 pm on 26 Oct and fired a number of rounds. They left a slip with the scribble, ‘Kaushal Chaudhary-Pawan Shokeen-Bambiha Gang’.
A case was registered at Rani Bagh police station. The particular cell was tasked with the investigation and a group comprising ACP Sanjay Dutt and Inspector Sandeep Dabas was fashioned.
Bilal and Suhaib had been apprehended after being recognized in CCTV footages. Suhaib was later noticed driving the bike utilized by them in Rani Bagh. Police mounted surveillance primarily based on the knowledge and obtained a tip off that the suspects would meet their associates in Kakrola.
Dutt and Dabas laid a entice and intercepted the 2. When signalled to cease, they tried a U-turn, however their bike slipped and police surrounded them. The suspects opened fireplace, and the police responded in self-defence, injuring one. A semi-automatic pistol, a single-shot firearm and dwell cartridges had been discovered on them. Each confessed to their involvement within the crime and had been arrested.
Shokeen was an arms provider and was earlier lodged in Tihar jail. He used to function together with a infamous arms provider primarily based in Khurja, UP, who supplied the weapons utilized in Rani Bagh. Just a few months in the past, Shokeen fled to US utilizing the ‘Donkey route’ and began dealing with the Bambiha gang’s operations.
Delhi Police has been on its toes because the entry of the Bambiha gang complicates the situation in Delhi’s underworld dominated by the Lawrence Bishnoi and Himanshu Bhau syndicates. Cops are significantly alarmed by the most recent improvement due to the shut affiliation of the Bambiha gang with pro-Khalistani factions, together with Khalistan Tiger Pressure.
