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Contract killers nabbed

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, SEPT. 7. Seven people allegedly involved in over 30 cases of contract killing, attempt-to-murder, dacoity and robbery in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have been arrested from the Loni border by the Special Cell of the Delhi police. Five country-made firearms and live cartridges are alleged to have been recovered from their possession.

The Special Cell recently received a tip-off that some criminals from Uttar Pradesh would come to Apsara Chowk on the Loni border to meet their accomplice on Monday. Subsequently, a trap was laid and two of the suspects arrested. They were identified as Sanjay Garg and Meharuddin.

At their instance, the police raided Mahavir Jayanti Park and arrested five of their accomplices, Mohammad Riyazuddin, Rizwan, Ismail, Dilshad and Farahim. During interrogation, they revealed that Sanjay Garg was the leader of the gang and was previously involved in six cases of murder and attempt-to-murder. In February last year, he along with his accomplices allegedly shot dead Manoj Kasana, the nephew of Samajwadi Party MLA, Madan Bhaiya, because he used to tease Sanjay's girlfriend.

Meharuddin got initiated into the world of crime in 1998 and was previously involved in 15 cases of attempt-to-murder, dacoity and the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. He is a registered bad character of Gulavati police station of Bulandshahr.

The accused disclosed that on September 2 this year, they shot down Rajesh Choudhary, the owner of one Delhi Bakery in Meerut against a contract of Rs. 2 lakhs given to them by Sariq.

This February, they entered one Deepika Exports at Meerut and took away brass items worth Rs. 13 lakhs. Around three years ago, they had targeted the same company and had fled with brass items worth Rs. 22 lakhs.

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