Police arrest close Bunty aide from UP

In a major breakthrough, Delhi Police have arrested a close associate of Om Prakash alias Bunty, who is wanted in the cases of serial shootings, reports Vijaita Singh.

In a major breakthrough, Delhi Police have arrested a close associate of Om Prakash alias Bunty, who is wanted in the cases of serial shootings reported from south Delhi over the past fortnight.

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Zakir alias Nazir was picked up from a village near Etawah in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday by the south district police. The Commissioner of Police had declared a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head a few days ago.

Police said Zakir was a new entrant to Bunty's gang. His name first cropped up in September 2007 when he was arrested along with Bunty for trying to rob a petrol pump in Vasant Kunj area. Police had recovered a country made revolver and three live cartridges from his possession.

A team of Delhi Police had been camping in western Uttar Pradesh to arrest the gang members of Bunty. “This is an important catch. Zakir was picked up from a relative's house in Etawah district,” said a senior police officer.

The biker gang had unleashed a streak of terror in south Delhi; killing three people in a span of a week and critically injuring two others. The gang had first struck at Sangam Vihar on July 5, robbing and killing a property dealer — Gurmeet Singh. On July 11, the gang struck at Amar Colony and killed two friends — Ashneet and Hardeep Singh. Within a few minutes after that they killed scooterist Sanjeev Suri at Andrews Ganj when he tried to stop them from robbing a motorcycle. A day later, they struck at a shop in Madangir injuring two businessmen Pawan and Naresh Garg.