JAIPUR/ALWAR: Vikram alias Papla Gujjar the notorious gangster who was arrested by the Rajasthan police on Thursday was a fitness freak who used to spend almost five hours daily in the gym.
His story especially what pushed him into the world of crime can make a thrilling web series or a movie.
Police team take the gangster from Pune to Jaipur
TOI on Friday spoke to senior officers of Mahendragarh police of Haryana and officers who are closely monitoring Papla’s activities in Rajasthan.
Papla produced before court in Behror
According to the police, Papla made his first foray into the world of crime in 2014.
Papla kept an Aadhaar card named as Udhal Singh to evade arrests while he was on a run
32-year-old Vikram alias Papla is origionally from Papla village of Khairuli in Mahendragarh district of the state. He was inclined towards wrestling thus he started learning the basics under one Shakti Gurjar alias Dudhia who later became his mentor.
Jubilant team of Special 26 lifting Sidhant Sharma, additional SP who led the operation.
One Sandeep Fauji, hailing from Mahendragarh of Haryana, was a rivalry with his mentor. Thus, on February 4, 2014 Shakti Gurjar was eliminated in which Sandeep had given a contract of killing to one Surendra alias Chiku a member of a gang in Haryana.
“Now this is when Vikram turned into a gangster and vowed to take revenge on Sandeep Fauji at the behest of Shakti Gurjar’s brother-in-law. Thus, he joined a gang in Haryana and in January, 2015 he allegedly killed Sandeep Fauji. Also, he is accused of killing Sandeep’s mother Bimala, maternal uncle Mahesh and Nana Shriram. Cases were registered one after the other in Mahendragarh and Narnaul. “He was arrested by Criminal Investigation Agency (CIU) of Narnaul police of Haryana on February, 12 for first four murders. But on September 5 2017 he escaped from the custody of Haryana Police during his appearance.
During his escape from Haryana police he started using social networking platforms to allure youths to join him by posing pictures with guns and arms. “We were not aware that he was a dreaded criminal of Haryana and that’s how he escaped from Behor jail,” said a senior officer.