New Delhi, April 16
The Delhi Police Special Cell arrested six wanted criminals of Kala Jathendi gang who were wanted for murder, loot, extortion, robbery.
The accused were identified as Virender Pratap alias Kala Rana from Karnal, Haryana (suspected to be operating from Thailand), Satenderjeet Singh alias Goldy Brar from Mukatsar, Punjab (suspected to be operating from Canada) and Sandeep alias Kala Jathedi from Sonipat Haryana (suspected to have left India for an unknown foreign destination).
The accused were carrying a cumulative reward of Rs. 3,50,000/- from Delhi – Haryana – Rajasthan – Chandigarh
The Special Cell stated that one of the accused had nearly escaped arrest by opening fire on Haryana STF and Rohtak Police in the recent past; another had provided the Scorpio and weapons used in the bid to free accused Kuldeep alias Fajja (later died in police action) from GTB Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi
The inferences s of masterminds ‘Alpha – Tiger – Doctor’ funneling crime proceeds out of India for investments abroad emerged.
The arrested criminals were involved in a series of gruesome crimes in the recent past, acting on the directions of gang leaders operating from three different countries.
With the arrests, it has been revealed that the masterminds are addressed as 'Tiger' (for Kala Rana), 'Alpha' (for Kala Jathedi) and 'Doctor' (for Goldy Brar) within the cartel. Tiger is the communication hub amongst all gang members, Doctor manages finances and logistics and Alpha decides the targets to be pursued.
The arrested criminals have ventured into extortions, illicit liquor supply - especially in dry States and illicit firearm peddling. Ever since the cartel started eyeing the vacant space created in the criminal underworld of Delhi with the arrests of prominent native criminals under the new leadership, a sustained campaign was launched to trace, track and apprehend members of this nefarious cartel in order to secure the National Capital from their criminal plans. The recent relentless action of the Special Cell, which saw most leading criminals being arrested and a jail escapee dying in police action, Tiger-Alpha-Doctor had shifted the presently arrested accused to different States viz. Gujarat, Maharashtra and Bihar with directions to ‘wait till cool down’ and focus on businesses of illicit liquor and firearms in a quiet manner.
The special cell officials stated that a Mumbai module under Rajan Jaat and Amit, a Gujarat module under Ravi Jagsi and Nitesh Pradhan, a Bihar module under Sumit Bichpadi and a Rajasthan module under Ankit Lagarpur and Sudhir Mann was floated by the masterminds.
The Counter Intelligence unit of Special Cell, Delhi, in its continuous endeavor to prevent any foothold that these desperate criminals may attempt creating in Delhi, has been monitoring a large number of suspects and sympathizers. The interrogations of previously arrested criminals supplemented the ongoing efforts of drafting a complete profiling of the Lawrance Bishnoi – Kala Jathedi gang. Since gangster Sandeep alias Kala Jathedi, who is now operating along with the Lawrance Bishnoi gang, has been making new alliances with other local criminals of different States, a special focus was maintained over local underlings i.e. Delhi based criminals who have reported to be gravitating towards the big names of Lawrence Bishnoi - Sampat Nehra - Kala Jathedi.
The other accused were identified bas Ankitbalias Ankit Lagarpur (23) from Jhajjar Haryana. He was carrying a reward of Rs 1,00,000 in a murder case of Mundka and Rs. 20,000/- & 10,000/- in two different cases of extortion registered in Najafgarh & Baba Haridas Nagar police stations.
Ravi alias Ravi Jagsi (29) years from Sonipat, Haryana. He was previously involved in eight criminal cases. A parole jumper and carrying a reward of Rs. 1,00,000/- in a double murder case of Farrukhnagar, Haryana and Rs. 25,000/- in a carjacking case of Sadar Gohana police station in Haryana.p
He had supplied the Scorpio car, some weapons and shooters which were used to facilitate the escape from custody of accused Kuldeep alias Fazza from GTB Hospital, Shahdara, Delhi. Kuldeep alias Fajja died later in a police action.
The accused had abducted and brutally murdered a civil defence volunteer in uniform on his way home. The accused, along with associates, had kidnapped three persons from Farukkhnagar, Gurugram. Later, two of them were murdered separately whereas the third one managed to escape.
The other accused was identified as Sumit Bichpadi( 24) from Sonipat Haryana. He was carrying a reward of Rs. 5,000/- in a shootout and murder case of District Churu, Rajasthan and Sudhir Mann (29), from Najafgarh Delhi. He was previously involved in three criminal cases and wanted in eight case.
The special cell seized five highly sophisticated firearms and ammunition have been recovered from the possession of accused persons.
The police are further investigating the case are being made to trace and apprehend remaining gang members.
