GURGAON: Family members of 27-year-old Sachin Taliyan, who was arrested for detonating crude bombs outside two restobars in Sector 29 on Tuesday morning, are in disbelief about his alleged involvement with an international criminal network.
"He works in a farm and occasionally drives cars and Tempo Travellers for a livelihood," his father Ved Taliyan said. "We received a call from Gurgaon police about the arrest of Sachin. He left home only two or three days ago, saying he had some personal work," he added.
Another family member who accompanied Ved to the city said Sachin had no connection with any gangster and all this must be a mistake.
Sachin is from Chhur village in Meerut. "Sachin's father is known as Vedu in the village. Ved lives with his wife and two sons. Sachin is the eldest, and the younger one is Nitin. Both studied up to school level, and they are not married. The family has about six bigha of agricultural land, and farming is their main occupation. Sachin also occasionally takes up driving jobs like his father, who runs a goods carrier for a tent house, but mostly works in the fields," said a Chhur elder who knows the family well.
Locals were unaware of Sachin's arrest till Wednesday morning when they read news reports. "The initial news reports did not carry the village name. So no one knew. Sachin was involved in a few petty village fights, but nothing major," said another villager, who identified himself as a friend of Ved.
Chhur is in the jurisdictional area of Sardhana police station of Meerut, Sardhana SHO Pratap Singh said they had not received any information from Gurgaon police about the Chhur resident's arrest.
"We have no information about any Sachin Taliyan having a criminal record locally. Chhur is a big village. So far, we have not received any request from Gurgaon police. If they seek any assistance, we will provide," the SHO said.