Jhajjar: Two wanted gang members injured, nabbed after shootout with cops

Police said the suspects were allegedly planning to target a businessman who refused to pay extortion money in Bahadurgarh.

Published on: May 31, 2026, 08:26:35 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Two alleged members of the Bhau gang, who were allegedly planning to murder a businessman in Bahadurgarh for refusing to pay extortion money, were apprehended after being injured in a shootout with the crime branch near Panchgaon Chowk in Manesar early Saturday, police said.

Crime branch teams intercepted the motorcycle-borne suspects on a tip-off and recovered foreign-made firearms and ammunition. (File photo)

The suspects, aged 24 and 21, are residents of Delhi and are wanted in at least 25 cases of attempted murder, extortion, robbery, firing incidents and possession of smuggled arms in Delhi and Haryana, police said.

According to police, both sustained bullet injuries to their legs and were admitted to the civil hospital in Sector 10A. Police recovered a foreign-made pistol worth over ₹8 lakh, a foreign-made revolver, two magazines, more than a dozen empty cartridges and the motorcycle allegedly used by the duo.

ACP (crime) Naveen Sharma said crime branch teams from Sectors 39 and 40 received intelligence that the two sharpshooters involved in organised crime in Delhi and Haryana were approaching Gurugram from Bilaspur via Panchgaon Chowk. “Teams laid a trap near the Chowk and when finally between 2am and 2.30am, they spotted the suspects approaching on a motorcycle. When interception was attempted, the duo allegedly tried to escape through a service road towards the Manesar valley through the fields,” Sharma said.

Investigators said the suspects lost control of their motorcycle, fled on foot and opened multiple rounds of fire at the police. Three bullets hit a police vehicle, though no personnel were injured.

Sharma said police asked the suspects to surrender, but they continued firing, forcing the team to retaliate. The duo was injured and apprehended. Police said the suspects fired 10 rounds, while the crime branch team fired four in retaliation.

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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