SENSATIONAL MURDER CASE OF BHAJANPURA SOLVED: REWARDED CRIMINAL AND A PROCLAIMED OFFENDER ARRESTED

A team of Special Cell led by Inspectors Govind Sharma, Sanjay Gupta and Rajesh Kumar arrested two accused persons namely (1) Sunil Basoya @ Pehalwan, aged 35 years,s/o Phire Ram,r/o D-71, Indirapuri No. 2, Loni, Ghaziabad, UP and (2) Sandeep Tyagi, aged 26 years, s/o Brij Bushan Tyagi @ Bushan, r/o Village Bada Goan, PS Khekra District Baghpat, UP and solved a sensational murder case in which one person was killed and 4 other persons were injured.

Incident:

On 21/06/2016, one Kailash Gupta, aged 45 years, s/o Bhawani Shankar, r/o H. No. 666, Harsh Vihar, Delhi and his son Rajan Gupta, aged 16 years, r/o same, were brutally assaulted by a car borne armed assailants at Chowk Chand Bagh, Bhajan Pura, Delhi. During the firing, one Banwari Lal, aged 64 years, s/o Sukhram, r/o Mandi Wala Road, Shiv Vihar, Karwal Nagar, Delhi and Ram Lakhan, aged 30 years, s/o Ayodhya Prasad, r/o A-141-A, Gali No. 3, Bhagirathi Vihar, Delhi also got injured. Later, Kailash Gupta succumbed to the gunshot injuries suffered in the incident. The assailants, while escaping, hit one Javed, aged 21 years, s/o Chand Mohd.,r/o Madina Colony, Meerut, UP, with their car. A case vide FIR No. 382/2016, dated 21/06/2016, u/ss. 302/307/279/337/34 IPC was registered in this regard at PS Gokulpuri.

Operation:

Since the case generated apprehension of fear in the minds of the local persons, as per directions of senior officers, a team of Special Cell had been tasked to identify the perpetrators and to bring them to book. The team deployed sources and mounted technical surveillance. Several hideouts of suspects were raided. On 06/07/2016, on receipt of specific information, a team led by Inspector Sanjay Gupta, SI Rohit, HC Umesh, HC Raj Kumar, HC Sanjeev, Ct Manesh, Ct Anshu, Ct Jitender and Ct Kapil was deployed in the area of Dilshad Garden to apprehend the criminals. At about 10.45, as per the source information, a Santro car was spotted near General Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi. The team, in order to intercept the car, signaled the occupants to stop. However, instead of stopping, the occupants of the car attempted to speed away but were forced to stop by tactically deploying their official vehicles. Being cornered, the occupants took out firearms and opened fire at the police party. The police party also fired in self defence and two occupants of the said car were overpowered and apprehended while having loaded illegal pistols in their hands. The bullets fired by the criminals landed on the bullet proof jackets being worn by the police team. During this melee, one of the occupants managed to escape from the spot taking cover of darkness. A case under relevant sections of laws has been registered in this regard at PS Special Cell and both the accused persons have been arrested.

Preliminary Interrogation:

The preliminary interrogation of the arrested accused revealed that the accused persons were running a gang in NCR & nearby areas. In a murder case in which Kailash Gupta was complainant and the accused persons were pressurizing him to enter into a compromise and to withdraw the case. Brief facts of the previous cases in which the accused persons were involved and wanted at the time of arrest are:

Case FIR No. 235/2015, dated 19/04/2015, u/ss. 363/302/307/34 IPC & s. 27 Arms Act, PS Harsh Vihar

On 17/04/2015, one Vishal, s/o Kailash Gupta, r/o 666, Harsh Vihar, Delhi was assaulted by Anil Kana, s/o Phirey Ram, r/o D-71, Indrapuri No. 2, Loni, Gaziabad, UP; Sunil s/o Phirey Ram, r/o D-71, Indrapuri No. 2, Loni, Gaziabad, UP; Lalit Nagar, s/o Dharampal, r/o E-44, Lal Bagh, Loni, Gaziabad, UP; Anuj @ Sonu Nagar, s/o Rajpal Nagar, r/o D-114, Gali No. 7, Laxmi Garden, Gaziababd, UP and Neeraj @ Neetu, s/o Mehar Chand, r/o Rampark Extn., Loni, Gaziababd UP. Vishal had later succumbed to his injuries. In this case, accused Sunil Pehelwan is wanted and a reward of Rs. 20,000/- had also been declared by the Commissioner of Police, Delhi for his arrest.

Case FIR No. 289/2015, dated 21/05/2015, u/s 307/452/34 IPC & s. 22/27, Arms Act, PS Harsh Vihar

On 21/05/2015, Kailash Gupta (deceased) had reported that while he, along with his wife, were at their house,accused Sunil Pehelwan along with his accomplices had forcibly entered his house and threatened him to enter into a compromise in the murder case of his son Vishal and also fired at him.

Brief Profiles:

Accused Sunil @ Pehalwan is a permanent resident of H.No.103, Village Nusratabad, Kharkhari, District Ghaziabad, UP. He is notorious for running a gang which involves in illegal activities of satta  gambling (betting), extortion, etc in and around Loni & neighboring areas of Delhi.    

Previous Involvements of accused Sunil @ Pehalwan

Sr. No.	FIR No.	Dated	u/s	Police Station
1	382/16	21/06/2016	302,307,279,337,34 IPS	Gokul Puri, Delhi
2	289/15	21/05/2015	307,452,34 IPS & 25,27 Arms Act	Harsh Vihar, Delhi
3	235/16	19/04/2015	363,302,307,34 IPS & 27 Arms Act	Harsh Vihar, Delhi

Accused Sandeep Tyagi is a permanent resident of Village Bada Goan, Khekra, District Baghpat, UP. He began his career as an agent for ICICI bank but soon, got associated with satta operators and joined this flourishing illicit activity. Accused Sandeep Tyagi had recently opened fire on his wife and in-laws due to matrimonial dispute.

Previous Involvements of accused Sandeep Tyagi

Sr. No.	FIR No.	Dated	u/s	Police Station
1	382/16	21/06/2016	302,307,279,337,34 IPS	Gokul Puri, Delhi
2	524/14	28/06/2014	365/302/201/120 B,34 IPC & 25 A ACT	Burari, Delhi
3	41/11		364A,307,34 IPC	Bagpat, UP
4	55/08	28/03/2008	392,397 IPC & 25 Arms Act	Chandni Chowk, Delhi
5	169/06		302 IPC	Khekra, UP
6	964/06		302, 394 IPC	Chandi Nagar, UP
7	182/02		307/323/324/506	Khekra, UP

Recovery

1.  One white Santro Car bearing number UP-14-BY-2460 (ownership being verified)

2.  Two illegal sophisticated pistols

3.  07 live cartridges

4.  02 fired cartridges

Two mobile phones