Gangster injured in encounter
A 24- year- old man, suspected to be a member of Neeraj Bawana and Neeraj Bhanja gangs, was arrested following an encounter with the police in which he was injured on Thursday, the police said.
The encounter took place in front of the Sarai Kale Khan Bus Stand located on the Ring Road leading towards Ashram in Southeast Delhi, they said.
The police received a tipoff that Saddam, who is also a sharpshooter of the Neeraj Bawana gang, would be going to the Millennium Depot on a motorcycle. Subsequently, a trap was laid to arrest him, said DCP ( Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal.
A trap was laid and after he was spotted, the Ring Road leading towards Ashram ( infront of Sarai Kale Khan Bus Stand) was blocked to apprehend him, the officer said.
The accused noticed the blockade and tried to flee but his motorcycle slipped on the footpath, the officer said.
He was asked to surrender but, the accused got up and fired on the police team deployed at barricades. A sub- inspector fired at Hussain and a bullet hit his left leg below the knee, Srivastava said.
Injured Hussain was overpowered and a countrymade pistol along with two live cartridges was recovered from his possession and two used car tridges were recovered from the spot, the officer said.
Hussain’s accomplices had been arrested earlier.
On July 25, two scooterborne men had fired four shots at the house of Vijay Singh in Aliganj, Pillanji, he said.
One of the bullets hit the right heel of Singh, who was sitting outside, the officer said, adding he was rushed to the AIIMS trauma centre.
An FIR was registered at the Kotla Mubarakpur police station in connection with the matter.
After being discharged from the hospital, Singh told police that on the day he was shot at, someone named Naveen Bali alias Naveen Bhanja, nephew of criminal Neeraj Bawana, had called him around 3 pm and demanded protection money, he said.