A sharpshooter of a dreed gangster of Delhi was overpowered by special team of Special Cell on Monday morning. A senior police official said that special cell h been working on inputs against various gangsters of Delhi in a big to stop illegal activities.

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Acted on tip-off

y got a specific tip-off regarding Kapil Sangwan of Nandu gang. police team developed info and came to kw that Kapil would be coming to Dwarka area to commit a robbery. police knew that he h conducted recce before committing crime.

“After this we formed a special team to nab him. A trap was laid near Dwarka area. Kapil came re by bike. He was asked to slow down bike but inste he accelerated speed and tried to run. Our team chased him for one kilometer and intercepted him. He was asked to surrender before police, but he took out a pistol and opened fire at police team. He was firing indiscriminately; police also launched a counterattack. We fired on him. He suffered a bullet injury on his leg and fell down on ro,” police official said.

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Involved in more than a dozen cases

His weapon was seized, and he was immediately taken to a nearby government hospital by police PCR. He underwent surgery re for bullet injury. A case in this respect was lodged with Special Cell of Delhi police under various sections of IPC. police official said that Kapil was involved in more than a dozen cases of robbery, attempt to murder, arms act, extortion, kidnapping and murder. “Kuldeep Rathi was earlier arrested by Crime Branch of Delhi police in connection with an arms act case. He applied for bail and was granted by court. After coming out of bail he did t surrender and was on run after that. He was n declared offender by court,” police said. official said that y were working on case and were expecting ar arrest of his gang. 

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