Gangster shot dead on Delhi-Jaipur eway, gangwar suspected

Police said 20-25 rounds were fired at his moving Maruti Swift from two directions. He suffered at least 15 bullet injuries

Published on: Nov 10, 2026, 07:41:20 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Gurugram: Unidentified assailants shot dead a notorious gangster on a service lane near Sidhrawali in Bilaspur on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway on Sunday night, police said on Monday.

His body was found in the driver’s seat at 8am on Monday, with his seat belt still fastened. Commuters spotted the car and alerted the police. (HT Photo)

The victim, Deepak, 35, was from Sidhrawali. Police said 20-25 rounds were fired at his moving Maruti Swift from two directions. He suffered multiple bullet injuries.

According to police, Deepak left home between 11.30pm and 11.45pm after celebrating Diwali, following a phone call. His body was found in the driver’s seat at 8am on Monday, with his seat belt still fastened. Commuters spotted the car and alerted the police.

Police said Deepak had run the Ashok Rathi gang in Haryana and Rajasthan for seven years. Rathi was shot dead by rivals at his home in Bhondsi on November 16, 2019.

A senior police officer said the attackers fired at Deepak’s car without giving him time to react. “They also shot out the tyres, apparently to stop him from escaping,” he said. The car had at least 10 visible bullet holes, he added.

No one is known to have witnessed the shooting. Police suspect it was linked to a gang rivalry. Forensic experts recovered at least 18 empty cartridges from the scene, police added.

Deepak faced eight criminal cases in Haryana and Rajasthan, including murder, attempted murder, extortion, illegal arms possession, rioting and assault. Two of the cases were murder charges, one in Gurugram and the other in Bhiwari, Rajasthan. Police said he was arrested last year with illegal firearms and ammunition and had been released from jail a few months ago.

Inspector Sunil Kumar, station house officer of Bilaspur police station, said an FIR under Section 103(1) (murder) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Arms Act was registered against unidentified suspects based on a complaint by Deepak’s uncle.

“Raids are being conducted to arrest the suspects. The body was yet to be handed over to the family after an autopsy,” he added.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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