• Three active members of the dreaded Ashok Pradhan and Rajesh Bawana-Deepak Teetar gang, namely Vinesh Khatri @ Chini, Manish @ Gullu, and Sanju @ Baba arrested after an exchange of fire near Village Harewali, Delhi.
• One semi-automatic pistol of .30 bore, one semi-automatic pistol of .32 bore, and one single-shot pistol of .315 bore with seven live cartridges recovered from the trio.
A team of the Southern Range, Special Cell led by Inspr. Shiv Kumar and Inspr. Karamvir Singh, under the supervision of ACP Sh. Attar Singh and Sh. Alok Kumar, DCP/SR, Spl. Cell, has arrested three active members of the Ashok Pradhan and Rajesh Bawania-Deepak Teetar gang, namely:
(1) Vinesh Khatri @ Chini (age 28 years) s/o Rakesh r/o Village Katewara, Delhi,
(2) Manish @ Gullu (age 25 years) s/o Rajesh r/o Village Katewara, Delhi,
(3) Sanju @ Baba (age 23 years) s/o Randhir Singh r/o Village Katewara, Delhi
They have been arrested after an exchange of fire near Harewali Village, Delhi. Three pistols and seven live cartridges have been recovered from them.
INFORMATION AND OPERATION
On August 18, 2023, on receipt of specific information, a team led by Inspr. Shiv Kumar was formed, and a trap was laid at Bawana Road, near Village Harewali, Delhi. At about 7.40 p.m., the aforementioned accused persons were spotted coming from the Auchandi Border side on a Splendor motorcycle. They were asked to stop and surrender by the police team, but Vinesh Khatri whipped out his pistol and fired a shot towards the police party. The police team also fired one round in self-defence to nab them, but luckily no one got injured. Members of the police team did not lose patience and finally overpowered and disarmed the trio. Three pistols with seven live cartridges were recovered from them, along with two empty shells from the spot. A case under appropriate sections of law was registered at PS Special Cell in this regard, and investigation was taken up.
BACKGROUND AND CRIMINAL HISTORY
Accused Vinesh Khatri is presently wanted in four criminal cases in Delhi. He has been involved in a total of six cases, including robbery, the Arms Act, criminal intimidation, trespass, etc., in Delhi. NBWs have been issued against him in four cases, and proceedings to declare him PO in these cases are going on. Vinesh Khatri is an associate of gangster Ravinder Laffu of the Ashok Pradhan gang. He, along with Ravinder Laffu and others, was arrested in a case of petrol pump robbery in the Kanjhawala area in the year 2021.
Accused Manish @ Gullu is the cousin of gangster Rajesh Bawania. He has been previously involved in four criminal cases, including murder, dacoity/robbery, carjacking, the Arms Act, etc., in Delhi and Haryana. He was also involved in the sensational killing of infamous gangster Manoj Bawania (the "Guru" of gangster Neeraj Bawania) in the year 2018 as per the directions of Rajesh Bawania from jail. After committing the murder of Manoj Bawania, accused Manish @ Gullu and his associates made a video call to Rajesh Bawania from the spot and showed him the dead body of Manoj Bawania. On December 31, 2019, Manish @ Gullu, along with his 6-7 fully armed associates, entered Kotak Mahindra Bank in Rohtak City and robbed Rs. 8 lakhs at gunpoint from there.
Accused Sanju @ Baba has recently joined the gang of Rajesh Bawania through his childhood friend Manish @ Gullu.
Deepak Teetar, an associate of Rajesh Bawania and his associates, shot dead Devender Rathi, a cable operator, in the area of PS Begum Pur, Delhi in 2016 due to rivalry in the cable business. The arrested accused persons disclosed that they had planned to kill a witness in the above case on the directions of Deepak Teetar so as not to allow her to depose against him before the trial court. It is pertinent to mention here that Vinesh Khatri, Deepak Teetar, and Dinesh Karala remained lodged in the same cell in a Delhi jail in 2021 and 2022, where he developed an association with them and their gang.
INVOLVEMENT OF ACCUSED VINESH KHATRI
1. FIR No. 143/2019 u/s 452/506/427/34 IPC PS Bawana, Delhi (NBW issued against the accused)
2. FIR No. 413/2021 u/s 392/34 IPC & 25/27 Arms Act PS Kanjhawala, Delhi (Robbery of cash from the petrol pump at Kanjhawala)
3. FIR No. 202/2017 u/s 25/54/59 Arms Act PS Baba Haridass Nagar, Delhi (NBW issued against the accused)
4. FIR No. 12/2018 u/s 25 Arms Act PS Netaji Subhash Place, Delhi (NBW issued against the accused)
5. FIR No. 448/19 u/s 308/34 IPC PS Bawana, Delhi
6. FIR No. 668/14 u/s 354A/354/354D/506/509 PS Adarsh Nagar, Delhi
INVOLVEMENT OF ACCUSED MANISH
1. FIR No. 02/2019 u/s 395/397/379 IPC & 25 Arms Act PS Civil Lines, Rohtak Haryana (Bank Dacoity)
2. FIR No. 46/2019 u/s 399/402 IPC & 25 Arms Act PS Urban Estate, Rohtak, Haryana
3. FIR No. 487/2018, U/s 302/34 IPC, and 25/27 Arms Act PS Bawana, Delhi (Murder of Gangster Manoj Bawania)
4. FIR 875/18 U/s 379 B/395 IPC
