New Delhi, June 4
A shooter of the Himanshu @Bhau gang was arrested after a brief exchange of fire with a team of Delhi Police's special cell in the Rohini area.
The accused was identified as Deepak Dhankar, 23, a resident of the village Madina Gindhran, Rohtak, Haryana.
Dhankar was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the murder of 47-year-old Anil Kumar (uncle of rival gangster Sunny @ Baba Gang).
On June 3, acting on a tip-off that Dhankar would come near UER-II, Rohini Sector 35 area to meet his associates, a police team led by Inspector Sandeep Dabas laid a trap.
At around 10.30 p.m., the police team spotted the accused and asked him to surrender. However, he fired three rounds at the police team, which retaliated, and the accused sustained a bullet wound in his right knee.
The police, thereafter, overpowered Dhankar and took him to the BSA Hospital, Rohini.
An illegal pistol with three live cartridges and a bike were recovered from his possession, police said in a statement.
Upon verification, the bike was found to be stolen from the jurisdiction of Police Station Ghazipur.