Faridabad Police arrest sharpshooter of Kaushal gang in Congress leader murder case

New Delhi, May 28

The Faridabad police arrested a sharpshooter of Kaushal gang wanted in eight big cases of Punjab and Haryana, including that of Haryana Congress leader Vikas Chaudhary.

The police said that the accused Sajjan alias Bholu, a native of Bishan village in Jhajjar, was among the accused who had allegedly murdered Haryana Congress leader Vikas Chaudhary in Faridabad in June 2019. 

Chaudhary, who was involved in property deals, was shot dead at a gym parking lot in Sector 9, Faridabad on June 27, 2019 by armed assailants, officials said.

According to the police, Sajjan is among the sharpshooters of the Kaushal gang. He has many cases registered against him in Punjab and Haryana. So far, we have traced eight murder cases, including the murder of Vikas Chaudhary.

The gang had demanded extortion money from Chaudhary and after he had refused, the gang members had shot him dead in 2019.

The Faridabad police have so far arrested 19 persons in the case, including several members of the Kaushal gang.

The police said he had a criminal record and 13 FIRs of extortion, kidnapping and attempt to murder had been registered against him since 2007 in Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.