Five planning to shoot singer held after encounter
Gurugram, Aug. 28 -- Police on Wednesday morning arrested five suspected gangsters, after a shoot-out near Wazirpur on Pataudi Road, who were allegedly planning a fatal attack on Haryanvi pop singer-turned-politician Rahul Yadav, alias Fazilpuria, officers aware of the matter said.
Senior police officers said a probe revealed they were working for gangsters Sunil Sardhaniya and Deepak Nandal who were operating from a foreign country, and taking orders from them via WhatsApp."They were also involved in the previous attack on Fazilpuria, which took place in Sector 71 on July 14 and murder of his associate and financier Rohit Shokeen, who was shot dead at Sector 77 on August 4," STF deputy superintendent of police Preet Pal Sangwan (Gurugram unit) said.
Four of the five gangsters-Shubham alias Kala and Ashish alias Ashu, of Sonipat, and Vinod alias Pahalwan and Padam alias Raja of Jhajjar-were injured in their legs, while a fifth one, identified as Gautam alias Gogi, also from Sonipat, surrendered. All are between 19 and 24 years.
Police said that based on intelligence inputs, a joint team of Haryana Police's Special Task Force (STF) and Gurugram police's Crime Branch intercepted an Innova between 12.15am and 12.45am, following which the suspects opened fire.
They said Crime Branch inspector Anand Kumar and sub-inspector Lalit Kumar were shot at, but were wearing bulletproof vests. Police said they recovered two PX5 9mm Turkish pistols, three countrymade pistols, six live cartridges and 18 empty ones. They estimated each PX5 pistol to cost at least Rs.6 lakh in the international market. Sandeep Kumar, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said the probe revealed that the firearms were supplied to them for Shokeen's murder. "Vinod and Padam are suspected to have opened fire on Shokeen at Sector 77. Except for Vinod, they were involved in the attack on Fazilpuria on July 14," he said.
Police said the gangsters were in touch with Sardhaniya and Nandal, who have a dispute over Rs.5 crore with Fazilpuria. Police said that following the shoot-out, four shooters were being treated at the Sector 10 Civil Hospital.
An FIR for murder attempt, firing, and possession of illegal firearms, among other charges, was registered at the Sector 10 police station on Wednesday....
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