Jathedi, Madam Minz wedding today

With the setting up of doorframe metal detectors, CCTV cameras, drones, and deployment of armed commandoes, a banquet in Delhi has turned into a fortress of sorts for the marriage of gangster Sandeep alias “Kala Jathedi” with “history-sheeter” Anuradha Choudhary alias “Madam Minz” on March 12, official sources said on Monday.

The Delhi police has made a strategic plan to avert any incident of gangwars or the possibility of Sandeep’s escape

from custody. The banquet, Santosh Garden in Dwarka Sector-3, has been booked by Sandeep’s lawyer for `51,000. It is located 7 km away from Tihar jail.

“The doorframe metal detectors have been set up at the entry of the banquet. The guests will be given barcode bands before their entry and no vehicle without an entry pass will be allowed for the parking near the banquet,” an officer said.

Sandeep’s marriage ceremony will be held under the deployment of 250 policemen along with SWAT (special weapons and techniques) commandos carrying hi-tech weapons, sources said.

Once a wanted criminal and rewardee of `7 lakhs, Sandeep from Haryana’s Sonipat has got parole of six hours for his marriage by a Delhi court.

Sandeep is a close associate of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and is facing over a dozen cases of robbery, murder, attempt to murder, extortion, and Arms Act in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, according to the Delhi police records.

In the past, Sandeep has fled once from the custody of the Haryana police and also orchestrated an escape of his associate from the custody of Delhi police.

“We don’t want to take any chance this time. Therefore, an adequate deployment of police force will be put in place, from Tihar to the marriage venue in Dwarka,” a senior Delhi police official said.