A member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang was arrested within the early hours of Sunday after an change of fireplace with police close to Qutub Minar metro station right here, officers stated.
The accused, Neeraj alias Katiya (30), is a resident of Jhajjar district of Haryana, the police stated.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Alok Kumar stated data was obtained that absconding accused Neeraj would come close to Qutub Minar metro station between 2 am and three am on the intervening evening of Saturday and Sunday.
Accordingly, a entice was laid close to the spot. The accused, who got here in an autorickshaw, was surrounded when he stepped out of the three-wheeler, the officer stated.
“He was signalled to stop but the accused whipped out his pistol and fired two rounds towards the police team. The team also fired two rounds in self-defence. Finally, Neeraj was overpowered and disarmed by the team,” Kumar stated.
A semi-automatic pistol and two stay cartridges have been recovered from his possession and 4 empty cartridges discovered on the spot have been seized, he stated.
Neeraj was concerned in additional than 25 felony circumstances, together with these of homicide, try and homicide, extortion, theft, kidnapping, harm, assault, threatening and theft and so on. In Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan, in accordance with police.
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