Gangster involved in murder, kidnapping cases held

A suspected gangster allegedly involved in murder and kidnapping cases was arrested in south Delhi here, the police said today.

Vikas Singh, a native of Bihar, was arrested on August 25 on the basis of a tip-off, they said, adding that he was planning to kill a Ghaziabad-based businessman.

He, along with his associates, had allegedly killed a fellow gangster in Bihar in 2017 and kidnapped a Nepali businessman in 2016, police said.

A trap was laid after police learnt that Vikas Singh was coming to meet someone outside the Sangam Cinema in R K Puram here, they said, adding that subsequently he was nabbed.

During interrogation, he revealed that he, along with another gangster Babloo Dubey, had kidnapped the Nepali business tycoon, Suresh Kedia, from Birganj in Nepal for ransom, police said.

On May 28, the victim was rescued after three days by the Bihar Police, they added.

Police said Vikas Singh also revealed that Kedia gave gold worth Rs 10 crore after his release to one of the contact persons of the accused in Chandni Chowk here.

The kidnapping of the businessman was planned by Dubey in Buxer Jail in Bihar, along with his associates Kunal Singh, Rahul Singh, Vikas Singh and others.

Later, a dispute arose between the gangsters over distribution of the ransom money. Dubey was killed while being produced in Bettiah Court in Bihar from jail on May 11, 2017, said Rajiv Ranjan, Additional Commissioner of Police (crime).

Most of the persons involved in the killing of Dubey have been arrested, while Vikas Singh was absconding.

Soon after Dubey's killing, Kunal Singh had taken the responsibility of the murder in a video clip sent to media persons. Dubey was a mafia don of Champaran, Bihar, and involved in more than 50 cases of murder, kidnapping for ransom and extortion despite being in jail, Ranjan said.

The interrogation also revealed that Vikas Singh was hiding in Delhi with one Ashu Pahalwan and running an office of tour and travels, said the officer.

When he was in jail in Bihar, an inmate, who belonged to Ghazipur in east Delhi, was also lodged there for liquor smuggling.

The inmate had approached Vikas Singh for the contract killing of the businessman in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, for which the former agreed to pay Rs 15 lakh. But with Vikas Singh's arrest, this plan was foiled, Ranjan said.