NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police crime branch arrested four members of a gang for their alleged involvement in a shootout in northeast Delhi’s Jaffrabad this month, in which four people were injured, police said on Monday.
The accused were members of the infamous Hasim Baba and Chappal gang, said a Delhi Police official on Monday. The accused were identified as Gosh (22), Anas Iqbal (29), Shaved (26) and Shahzad (35).
According to the police, the shootout that occurred on June 5 was the fallout of a turf war between two gangs. Police said the Chappal gang was irked by the rival gang, ‘Cheenu Pehelwan’ meddling in their turf and profiting from illegal trades.
Four men from a gang run by Ifran alias Chennu were attacked by some men carrying sophisticated weapons. The incident was recorded on CCTV cameras. The police formed a team and up on a tip-off, nabbed the accused from a shelter home in the Welcome area.