Two gangsters including one wanted in a murder-cum-robbery case in Northwest Delhi’s Ashok Vihar, were arrested following a shootout in which one of them sustained injuries, police said on Saturday.
The suspect identified as Vipin alias Kala Bandar had sustained injury in his leg and a pistol along with two bullets were seized from him.
According to the police, the kingpin, Farhman, had been under surveillance for a month for stealing vehicles and selling them in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
According to DCP Shahdara Surendra Choudhary, the three arrested accused were the shooters who entered ward No.24 of the GTB Hospital on July 14 to shoot down Riyazuddin.
He allegedly carried out a recce of the hospital before the shootout in which a patient, instead of the target, was killed.
The injured has been identified as Saurabh Patial, the main accused in the attack on former Congress MLA Bamber Thakur.
Two persons were injured during a shootout at Bankra gram panchayat office, hardly eight to 10km away from the state secretariat Nabanna, on Thursday afternoon, just 17 days ahead of the Lok Sabha election in Howrah constituency.
Greif, who saved a spot-kick from Brais Mendez in normal time, stopped Mikel Oyarzabal's spot-kick at the start of the shootout, which came after 120 minutes ended 1-1.
Identified as Vicky alias Kartoos, the accused from Haryana's Rohtak was wanted in many cases of heinous crimes including murder extortion and other crimes.
Residents of the area voiced concern over the behaviour of Soumit Mandal, son of a retired police officer. They allege he has a history of aggressive behaviour, often using abusive language and intimidatory tactics.
