Juvenile apprehended for murder case of gangster's father

A juvenile has been apprehended in southwest Delhi for his alleged involvement in the murder of gangster Manjeet Mahal's father that was result of the rivalry between two gangs, police said today.
The juvenile told police he and his associates had also planned to murder Mahal who is lodged in a jail, and might have also targeted his brother Ashok and his aides, said Surender Kumar, DCP(Southwest).
The murder was a fallout of a rivalry between the gangs of Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu and Manjeet Mahal who are both lodged in jails.
"In December 2015, Sunil alias Doctor, Kapil's brother-in-law was murdered in Chhawla by Manjeet Mahal's gang. In retaliation, Kapil's gang killed family members of many gangsters of Manjeet Mahal's gang," said the officer.

Kapil was desperate to avenge the killing of his brother-in-law and regularly maintained pressure on his gang members to kill Mahal's father, he said.
"The members of Kapil's gang plotted the murder of Shri Krishan and included the juvenile in execution of their planning.

"On January 29, four gang members- Ankush, Anil, Deepak Dhankar, Deepak Maan-- along with the juvenile came in a white colour Scorpio car and shot dead Shri Krishan in Mitraon village and fled," added Kumar.
Police received a tip-off on February 5 about the juvenile, who is allegedly involved in the murder of Mahal's father Shri Krishan, said Surender Kumar, said the officer.

Information was received that the juvenile would come on a stolen motorcycle near Gulab Bagh, Metro Pillar No 742, main Najafgarh road, Uttam Nagar at around 12 noon to meet Ankush alias Bhalu and Anil alias Paudi, who were also involved in the murder, he said.
"On the basis of this information, a trap was laid. At about 12.20 PM, a red colour Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle was intercepted and the rider was overpowered and apprehended.
"During interrogation, he told police that he along with Ankush, Anil, Deepak Dhankar and Deepak Maan, had killed Mahal's father on January 29 when he came out of his house to purchase vegetables," said Kumar.

After killing Shri Krishan, they had fled from the spot in the Scorpio car they had arrived. Further enquiry revealed that the motorcycle he was riding on had been stolen from Rajender Nagar.
Since he is a juvenile, he was apprehended and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board.
He is a school dropout.