Gangster shot dead in Delhi courtroom
Assailants from rival gang were disguised as lawyers
In an incident that seemed ripped from a Bollywood potboiler, top Delhi gangster Jitender Singh Mann, alias Gogi, was shot dead in a courtroom yesterday by two assailants from the rival ‘Tilu’ gang, dressed in lawyers’ garb.
The two assailants were subsequently shot dead by the police as the incident led to chaos and panic in the courtroom where the judge had commenced proceedings. A woman lawyer was reportedly injured in the firing.
The incident occurred at the Rohini court complex when Gogi was being presented for hearing in a case against him. The assailants suddenly took out their weapons from under their lawyer’s robes and opened fire at Gogi, who collapsed.
A lawyer, who was inside the courtroom at the time of the incident, told IANS that everything happened so fast that they were not even able to take a breath. “The firing began just seconds before the hearing in the case of gangster Gogi. Even Judge Gagandeep Singh was sitting inside the courtroom,” he said, adding that there was utter chaos in the courtroom.
Attackers killed
The police personnel guarding Gogi immediately retaliated and gunned down the attackers.
“There was an exchange of at least 30-35 rounds of fire between the cops and the attackers,” an eyewitness said.
Sources said that the attackers were from the Tilu Tajpuria gang and the Delhi Police’s Special Cell had an input about the possibility of such kind of an incident.
Gogi was arrested by the Special Cell in April.
A woman lawyer suffered an injury to her leg due to a ricocheting bullet.