Four henchmen of gangster Kaushal held after brief encounter
The Gurugram police arrested four henchmen of gangster Kaushal after a brief exchange of fire in the Manesar area here on Thursday. Two of the four criminals were injured after they received gunshots while a Sub-Inspector of the Gurugram police narrowly escaped during cross-firing as he was wearing a bulletproof jacket.
According to police sources, the henchmen of gangster Kaushal had recently demanded an extortion of Rs 1 crore from the owner of a hotel located on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway.
A senior police officer said the two injured criminals were admitted to hospital and the police were questioning the other two accused. Two countrymade pistols with cartridges were seized from their possession. An FIR was registered under relevant sections of the BNS and Arms Act at the Manesar police station on Thursday.
According to a complaint filed by Probationer Sub-Inspector (PSI) Sumit Kumar, head of Palam Vilam crime unit, he received an information on Wednesday that the four suspects, who were carrying weapons, were on their way to Dharuhera in a van to commit a crime. Upon receiving the information, he informed Inspector Vishw Gaurav, head of Sector 39 crime unit, about it. Following this, police teams placed barricades on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway.
“It was around 3.50am when we saw the van coming from the Bilaspur side. When the police team signalled the driver to stop, he tried to run away and opened fire on the police team. The driver also tried to take his vehicle from the service lane, but the van was stopped after it got stuck in a drain near the service lane. The driver and his associate came out of the vehicle and opened fire at the officials. In the exchange of fire, our SI was shot at, but he was saved since he wearing a bulletproof jacket. All four accused were nabbed,” PSI Kumar said in his complaint.
The accused were identified as Sachin, alias Gajnu, Krishan and Sanjay and Anish.
