A shooter allegedly involved in the firing at a car showroom in the national capital was killed in an encounter with the Delhi police’s special cell on Friday.
The shooter, Ajay alias Goli was a member of gangster Himanshu Bhau’s gang, police said. According to Delhi police, Ajay was a sharpshooter in Portugal-based Bhau’s gang and he fired at the police team when they intercepted his vehicle.
Ajay, a native of Rohtak in Haryana, is facing charges in a dozen murder and attempt to murder cases, and cases under Arms Act in the national capital. He was also involved in the murder of a businessman in Murthal in Sonipat on March 10, according to police.
On May 6, Ajay along with Mohit Ridhau, 27, opened fire at a second-hand luxury car showroom in the Tilak Nagar area. Seven people were hurt as bullets hit glass doors and window panes.
The shooters had left behind a handwritten note bearing the names of three gangsters -- Bhau, Neeraj Faridkot and Naveen Bali. The owner of the showroom got a call from an international number and the caller demanded Rs 5 crore from him as "protection money", police had said. Ridhau was later arrested from Kolkata.
-with PTI inputs.