A day after 28-year-old Vijay Kumar was shot dead outside the gym he owned in south Delhi’s Aya Nagar, police said on Tuesday that they have identified one of the two alleged shooters and are probing whether the Himanshu Bhau gang arranged the hit at the behest of another criminal gang, the Neeraj Faridpuria-Randeep Bhati gang.
The rider was wearing a black helmet, while the pillion rider was wearing a yellow cap and carrying a backpack. Preliminary verification of his antecedents pointed to his alleged association with the Himanshu Bhau gang through the Neeraj Faridpuria-Randeep Bhati gang. More than 110 rounds have been fired in the three murders since May 2025, police said. Police identified the suspect in the latest killing by his first name, Ankush, and said he allegedly fired nearly 22 rounds at Vijay around 10am on Monday. More than 10 teams from the Delhi Police special cell, crime branch and south district are investigating the murder, following the alleged involvement of the Himanshu Bhau gang.
Police said Vijay’s murder was the third killing allegedly linked to a two-year-old property feud between two Aya Nagar families, with the rivalry purportedly drawing in two criminal gangs — one led by Neeraj Faridpuria and Randeep Bhati and the other by gangster Rohit Chaudhary, senior officers said. A social media post purportedly by the Himanshu Bhau gang surfaced later in the day, claiming responsibility for the killing, investigators said. Investigators said they obtained footage showing the two alleged assailants fleeing on a black TVS Apache motorcycle. Police said the footage helped them identify one of the suspects. The motorcycle was found to be carrying a fake registration number, indicating that it may have been stolen, officers said. Police said Ankush was allegedly the main shooter in Vijay’s killing. Police said Arun’s maternal uncle Kamal Adhana had pledged during his nephew’s cremation to avenge his death by killing a member of Deepak’s family.
