Gangster arrested after gunfight in Rohini Sec 37

Police said Gaurav had allegedly demanded ₹50 lakh recently from a businessman and threatened to kill him if the money was not paid.

The city police on Friday arrested a 25-year-old man, an alleged top operative of the notorious Ashok Pradhan gang and named in at least 13 cases of murder, after a shoot-out outside the Rohini helipad near Sector 37. Police said the accused, identified as Gaurav alias Monti, who is one of Pradhan’s chief aides, sustained bullet injuries to his leg when police returned fire.

Police said that on June 26, Gaurav allegedly shot dead a man who worked for the businessman, and left a slip of paper ordering the latter to pay up. (HT Archive)

Police said Gaurav had allegedly demanded ₹50 lakh recently from a businessman and threatened to kill him if the money was not paid. Police said that on June 26, Gaurav allegedly shot dead a man who worked for the businessman, and left a slip of paper ordering the latter to pay up.

DCP (Rohini) Pranav Tayal said, “Around 10.15pm, we saw Gaurav coming on a stolen motorcycle. When police tried to stop him, he opened fire, our team returned fire. He was hit in his legs and was caught.”