Shootout mastermind held

The alleged mastermind of the January 9 Uttam Nagar shootout, in which four persons suffered injuries, was arrested here today.
Jabbar Khan (35) has been arrested in an attempt to murder case. He had played an instrumental role in planning and executing the shootout, DCP(south west) Surender Kumar said.
Police had received information about the shootout around 11.30 PM on January 9 at JJ Colony in Hastsal of Uttam Nagar. Four persons who had sustained bullet injuries in the incident were taken to DDU Hospital.
Victim Akram, in his statement, alleged that he was in his office in JJ Colony with his friends when 4-5 persons entered and indiscriminately fired upon them and escaped, the officer said.

A police team analyzed call details records of several numbers and surveillance was also mounted. Several persons were also interrogated and raids were conducted in Delhi, Rajasthan and Haryana's Bahadurgarh, Rohtak and Jhajjar, he said.
During interrogation, the accused revealed that he was providing protection to a betting racket run by one Sikandar in Hastsal area.
He also accepted that he was behind the attack on the betting den of Akram alongwith his other associates and injuring him and his friends Devender, Sajid and Kallu, the officer added.