Shooter arrested, murder bid foiled

With the arrest of a shooter belonging to the Neetu Dabodia gang on Wednesday, the police on Thursday claimed to have foiled a murder bid.

The criminal had killed a businessman in Bahadurgarh last month and had been hired to eliminate gangster Kishan Pehelwan next.

Sharpshooter

Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Alok Kumar said the accused has been identified as Vikram alias Amit (21). He is a sharpshooter and works for gangster Neetu Dabodia, who is currently lodged in jail and operating his gang from the inside.

Tip-off

Vikram was arrested from Barwala Road in outer Delhi on Wednesday evening following a tip-off. He was planning to meet his associates there.

A team led by DCP (Crime) Bhisham Singh laid a trap and intercepted Vikram.

In a bid to escape, Vikram fired at the raiding team with a countrymade pistol but was overpowered.

During interrogation, Vikram told the police that he had shot dead a businessman named Sunil in Bahadurgarh last month. The murder was committed on the directions of Vikas Dalal, who is a close associate of Dabodia.

He also said that he had been paid to kill Pehelwan of Dichau Kalan village in Najafgarh. The direction to target Pehelwan had come from Dabodia in order to increase his influence in the region.

The police suspect that Vikram was on the way to Barwala to meet his accomplices and plan the murder.

The police said Vikram was previously been involved in multiple attempt-to-murder cases and cases under Arms Act. The Haryana Police have issued a bounty of ₹25,000 on Vikram’s head.

The youngest of four siblings, he studied till Class X before joining Dabodia’s gang.