3 of Anna gang held for attack on trader, BJP leader’s son

Mahendragarh, September 4

With the arrest of three youths, the district police claimed to have solved the cases of extortion and attacks on a trader and the son of a local BJP leader in Narnaul City here on August 27 and 28.

The accused, Sombir of Umra village (Hisar), Rohit of Hansi and Rakesh of Dhanauta (Mahendragarh), are the members of Pradeep, alias Anna, gang. Anna belongs to Jharsha in Gurugram and the motive behind the crimes was to spread panic and extort money from people, said a police spokesman.

“Rakesh was taking private coaching for competitive exams and came in contact with Anna two months ago. Rohit is a first-year graduation student and has a criminal case against him in Hansi, while Sombir is a mechanic in Tosham (Bhiwani), who met Anna through Rohit,” he said, adding that raids were being conducted to nab the kingpin.

Rakesh and Rohit have been sent to jail and Sombir to three-day police remand. tns