New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI): The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has arrested a henchman of Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu gang, identified as Yogesh, a resident of Haryana's Jhajjar who was involved in the sensational murder of Surajbhan alias Ballu Pahalwan in Faridabad in January.
The team of the New Delhi Range of Special Cell who carried out the arrest was led by Inspector Shiv Kumar and Inspector Satish Rana, under the supervision of ACP Lalit Mohan Negi and Hridaya Bhushan.
Yogesh was also wanted in a case of arms trafficking registered at Special Cell, Delhi in February 2024. In that case, a total of 12 semi-automatic pistols were recovered from two Madhya Pradesh-based arm traffickers, meant to be delivered to criminals including Yogesh.
On February 4, two persons named Ankit Mishra and Jitender Rajput, both residents of Madhya Pradesh, were arrested with twelve semi-automatic pistols.
During their interrogation, it was revealed that some of the pistols were intended to be delivered to a person named Yogesh residing in the Jhajjar district in Haryana. Subsequent raids were conducted to apprehend Yogesh and gather more information about his activities.
It came to notice that Yogesh is affiliated with the Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu gang. Further investigations into Yogesh's criminal activities unveiled his involvement in the conspiracy of murder of Surajbhan alias Ballu Pehalwan, in Faridabad in January 2024.
Surajbhan alias Ballu Pehalwan, a resident of Deenpur Village of Delhi's Najafgarh came to Faridabad Sector 11 Gym to exercise on the evening of January 30. When he was coming out of the Gym in the evening, the miscreants in a car shot him dead. In this regard, a case was registered on the statement of his wife.
In the last week of February, Yogesh fled to Dubai to evade his arrest. He was wanted in this case and his LOC was opened.
On May 26, Yogesh was intercepted at Mumbai airport while re-entering India from Dubai in response to a Lookout Circular issued by the Special Cell. He was subsequently arrested in connection with the Arms Act case.
During interrogation, Yogesh confessed to his role in the murder of Surajbhan, stating that he and Praveen, a resident of Dev Nagar in Bahadurgarh had conducted reconnaissance of the crime scene on the instructions of Kapil Sangwan and his associate Manish Rathi, both of whom were operating from abroad. (ANI)
