Four persons, who were wanted by the Haryana Police in three triple murder cases there, were arrested from west Delhi's Subhash Nagar locality following a brief exchange of fire between them and the police.
Sushil alias Sheela (26), Amit alias Lamba (21), Sunil alias Ullu (26), and Ramesh alias Mesha alias Pehelwan (32) were arrested last night after a brief exhange of fire, DCP (West) Vijay Kumar said today.
They are wanted by Haryana Police in connection with three triple murder cases in that state and two of them, Sushil and Sunil, carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 each for their arrest.
Police had yesterday received information that four alleged contract killers would be coming to Subhash Nagar to plan a murder, following which a police team under the supervision of ACP (Tilak Nagar) Alap Patel was formed and a trap was laid near Pacific Mall, Subhash Nagar.
At around 11.55 PM, a white colour car was spotted coming from Subhash Nagar red light and moving towards Gauri Shanker temple, said the officer.
The police team tried to stop the car but its occupant started firing on the police and their vehicle hit the barricades, he said, adding following retaliation the four were arrested.
In all, seven rounds were fired between the police and the accused.
Two pistols, eight live cartridges, a revolver with three live cartridges, a misfired and two empty cartridges, 32 mobile phones, and two empty cartridges of 9 mm pistol have been recovered, said the officer.
Amit alias Lamba has studied up to Class 10. He then dropped out and allegedly got involved in criminal activities. He was a basketball player.
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