Haryana police arrests 3 history-sheeters from Gurugram

Three history-sheeters were today arrested from Gurugram for their involvement in incidents of loot, dacoity and kidnapping, Haryana Police said.

Two of the accused carried cash rewards of Rs 50,000 each on their heads as announced by Delhi Police, they added.

Arms and ammunition and a stolen car were seized from the possession of the accused, a Haryana police spokesman said.

He said, acting on a tip-off, police set up a temporary checkpost on the Dhanwapur village-Rajendra Park road. The three accused were travelling in the stolen car which did not have a number plate. When the police signalled the driver of the car to stop, he sped away.
 

Police launched a chase and the three accused were nabbed after the driver of their vehicle lost control over it, the spokesman said.

During interrogation, the accused -- Shakti alias Sharda, a resident of Kharhar Bahadurgarh village, Jhajjar, Kushal alias Kimmy, a resident of Karnal, and Gaurav, a resident of Matapuri Road, Panipat, told the police that they had stolen the car from the Farrukhnagar area on September 4, he added.

They also confessed that on September 27, along with another accomplice, they had kidnapped Akash and Vikas from Punjab, the spokesman said.

However, the other accomplice, identified as Deepak alias Bhanda, a resident of Sampla, Rohtak, was shot at and arrested during a confrontation between the accused and Gurugram Police at Sampla, Rohtak, he added.

Investigations revealed that Shakti and Kushal were wanted in four cases of murder and were carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 each, the spokesman said.

It was also revealed that all the accused had committed several acts of kidnapping, loot and dacoity in Delhi, Gurugram, Rohtak and Jhajjar areas, he added.

A pistol, a revolver and nine live cartridges were seized from the possession of Shakti and two pistols and six live cartridges were seized from Kushal, the spokesman said, adding that the key of the stolen vehicle was recovered from the possession of Gaurav.

The accused could not produce the licences for the arms seized from them, the spokesman said, adding that a case was registered against the three at Rajendra Park police station.