New Delhi, Three men, including a suspected mastermind with three previous murder cases against him, were arrested for allegedly firing at a jhuggi in northwest Delhi following a personal dispute over a girl, police said on Tuesday.
Rajesh had allegedly threatened Dev and his brother. A case under relevant sections of the BNS and the Arms Act was registered at Ashok Vihar police station. During the investigation, the police analysed technical and human intelligence and shortlisted Rajesh as the suspected mastermind based on his criminal antecedents. A crucial lead emerged that one of Rajesh’s previous murder cases was listed for hearing before a sessions court in Noida on the same day. A video was also recovered from Rohit’s mobile phone in which he allegedly admitted to and boasted about the firing incident.
On August 31, three associates of Rajesh allegedly went to Dev’s jhuggi in Satsang Colony in northwest Delhi and asked about Arjun. Acting on the information, the team conducted a chase covering nearly 100 kilometres and reached Burari, where the accused were eventually traced to a hotel, police said.
Rajesh had an ongoing dispute with Arjun, the brother of complainant Dev alias Kake, over a girl who lives in the same locality, according to police. When Dev said he did not know his whereabouts, they allegedly left and returned shortly afterwards, firing two rounds at the jhuggi and pelting it with bricks and bottles before fleeing, police said. No one was injured in the firing, police said. The video had also been shared by Rohit with Rajesh on online messaging application, providing a digital lead linking the two to the incident, police said.
