Four shooters of gangster Sangwan held after face-off in southwest Delhi

NEW DELHI: Three shooters of absconding gangster Kapil Sangwan were shot at by Delhi Police’s Special Cell in southwest Delhi during a face-off early on Monday. Their fourth associate was arrested unharmed as he did not fire at the cops. The four men are shooters of a gangster and were on an extortion spree, police said.
According to DCP (Special Cell) Sanjeev Yadav, with these arrests, the gang’s plans to extort a dozen businessmen in the coming days had been foiled. “The accused are wanted in several cases of murder, extortion, robbery and carjacking. Four pistols and 10 live cartridges have been recovered from them,” DCP Yadav said.
The men were arrested by a team comprising ACP Sanjay Dutt, inspector Maan Singh and others, who had received information that shooters of Sangwan gang were coming to Malikpur village to kill a businessman, who had refused to pay them protection money.
A trap was laid and the team members tried to stop the men riding on bikes, however, instead of stopping, they tried to flee. During this, one of the riders lost control, while the other dropped his motorcycle on the roadside and tried to escape. While the raiding team went behind them, they whipped out their firearms and started firing at the cops. Police shot back at three of them in the legs. They were taken to a hospital and arrested upon discharge.
The four men have been identified as Vinay, Robin Baliyan, Sumit Poonia and Deeou Dagar. The suspects are members of Nandu-Jyoti gang. Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu is absconding and believed to be in London, while Jyoti Baba is running his nexus from behind bars.
“Of the four, Vinay has over 40 cases against him. The accused were in touch with their masters, who are lodged in jail. They were directed to create terror among businessmen residing in Bijwasan Village, Samaspur Village, NanakPiau Najafgarh, Dinpur etc., who had failed to deliver the extortion money (in crores),” DCP Yadav said.