New Delhi: Two accused have been arrested by the special cell of Delhi police in the courtroom shootout incident. The incident in which Gangster Jitendra Gogi was killed.
The arrested men are identified as Umang and Vinay, the police sources said. Both accused are residents of Haiderpur in north west Delhi.
The men were arrested with the help of the CCTV footage from gate number 4 of the Delhi’s Rohini court in north Delhi where the shootout took place, according to NDTV sources
Umang, on the day of the attack, along with the two shooters, reached a mall in Rohini’s sector 9 where they all changed into lawyers’ outfit, the sources said.
According to the plan, on reaching the court, Umang had to wait in the car, sources said. The shooters were expected to finish the job and escape in the waiting car, they added.
As the plan derailed and the shooters got killed, Umang ran away.
The shootout which took place in Delhi’s Rohini court killed three including the infamous gangster Gogi who was jailed and was said to be operating from behind bars. The assailants shot Gogi thrice. He was to be presented in the court that day, the police were escorting him when the incident took place.
The video of the incident went viral and the security of the court was questioned. The shooting was the result of a rivalry of years between Jitender Gogi’s gang and the rival “Tillu gang”, the police said.
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“Two men dressed as lawyers opened fire at Jitender Gogi inside the court. That’s when police retaliated and killed those two assailants. It’s not a gang war,” Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana.
“The police acted swiftly and killed both the assailants. Total three are dead, including Gogi,” said Mr Asthana.
More than 25 people have died over the years in clashes between the two gangs, the police said.
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