Gangster on Delhi police’s most-wanted list nabbed after shoot-out

The special cell, which nabbed Hashim, said they had received inputs last month that the suspect was planning a series of killings.

The Delhi Police arrested a gangster who featured on their “most-wanted” list on Wednesday morning, after a brief shoot-out that left him with a bullet wound on his leg.

With the arrest of 38-year-old Hashim, the police said all “major” gangsters of the trans-Yamuna region are behind bars. Earlier in September, Hashim’s alleged friend-turned-foe, Abdul Nasir,had ended up in police net.

The special cell, which nabbed Hashim, said they had received inputs last month that the suspect was planning a series of killings. “On Wednesday, we got to know that he would be visiting his girlfriend in Shahdara. So, we laid a trap outside the house,” said Pramod Kushwaha, deputy commissioner of police (special cell).

Around 5.45 am, as Hashim emerged from the house and readied to ride away on his motorcycle, the police said they made a move on him and asked him to surrender, but he responded by firing at them.

“He fired three rounds at us and we shot back five times. He was injured in his left leg and hospitalised,” said the DCP. The police team escaped unhurt.

The police said they later learnt that the woman he was meeting was “one of his two-three wives”. One among top 10 men wanted by the Delhi Police, Hashim carried a reward of Rs 5 lakh from the police force. Kushwaha said Hashim belongs to Aligarh in UP.