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Two sharpshooters of Kala Jthedi-Naresh Sethi gang arrested from Delhi

New Delhi (IANS). In two operations in the national capital, two sharpshooters of the Kala Jathedi-Naresh Sethi and Anil Chhippi gang were arrested and six pistols along with 14 rounds were recovered from their possession. An official gave this information on Tuesday.

The accused have been identified as Ashudeep alias Ashu (28), a resident of Rohtak district in Haryana and Anshuman Singh (27), a resident of Rae Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

The officer claimed that with his arrest, two sensational extortion cases registered at Palam village and Sultanpuri police stations have come to the fore.

Sharing the details, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Singh Yadav said that information was received that the shooters of Kala Jathedi gang, involved in the extortion case, would come to Nirmal Dham in Dwarka and Rohini areas to deliver the arms consignment. Two teams were assigned the responsibility of the operation.

Special CP said, “A team laid a trap near Nirmal Dham and nabbed accused Ashudeep. A stolen bike and five pistols with 10 live cartridges were recovered from his possession.”

“Ashudeep had procured a consignment of arms and ammunition on the orders of gangster Anil Rohilla alias Chippy to supply to his gang members for extortion and related criminal activities,” Yadav said.

In another operation, based on specific inputs, a trap was laid at Vikas Marg, Sector-24, Rohini and Anshuman was apprehended.

“A sophisticated automatic pistol and four live cartridges were recovered from him,” Yadav said. During interrogation, it was revealed that Ashudeep along with his associate Anshuman had visited Ramphal Chowk, Dwarka on January 31 this year on the instructions of Sandeep Kala alias Kala Jathedi and Anil Rohilla and extorted Rs 2 crore from a real estate dealer at gunpoint. Threatened to pay extortion.

“On February 3, Anshuman along with his associate had gone to Pooth Kalan to eliminate a trader who was not ready to pay the extortion money. When they reached home, they found the main gate locked. So they fired seven-eight bullets at the main gate of the businessman.”

“Kala Jathedi had planned the extortion and Anil Chhippi had provided arms and ammunition through one of his associates and Naresh Sethi. The crime syndicate of the trio operated from jail and involved murder, extortion, land grabbing Recruits new members for his gang through social media to carry out the crime.

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