The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)

Murder at Burger King: Man who drove shooters to outlet, acted as backup, arrested

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE

Days after am an was shot dead inside a Burger King outlet in Rajouri Garden, the Delhi Police Special Cell has nabbed one of the accused persons who brought the two shooters to the spot.

On June 18 at 9.30 pm, three persons cameo na bike to the outlet on Najafgarh Road, Rajouri Garden. “One person remained outside with the bike to act as a lookout and act as their backup, armed with a weapon. The other two went inside and fired 39 rounds at the victim, 26-year-old Aman Joon, who later died on the spot,” said a police officer.

Gangster Himanshu Bhau, on an Ins tag ram post, claimed responsibi­lity for the incident as revengefor killing‘ sh a kt id ada ’, one of his close associates, police said.

A team of the Special Cell’s Northern region was formed and the three accused were identified as Ashish, Vikas and Bijender.

A team raided their suspected hideouts in Haryana, Rajasthan, Up and punjab.sai dad di ti on alcp (Special cell) pramodkhus­hwa ha, “On some occasions, the culprits narrowly escaped being apprehende­d but the teams kept tracking their movements through sources and technical surveillan­ce.”

After 10 days, on June 28, Bijender, 27, was arrested from Ro hi ni, said police. bi jen der, police said, has previously been involved in five cases of murder, attempt to murder and under the Arms Act.

Police said Bijender claimed A man’ s murder was pre-planned on Bhau’s direction. On the day of the incident, he claimed, as instructed by a gang member, Bi jen der was equipped with a pistol and reached near a metro pillar at Rajouri Garden on a motorcycle.the other associates, as hi sh and Vikas, also got there. Sticking to the plan, the three drove to Burger King.

“Bi jen der was instructed to remain alert on the bike, with the engine on and with a backup weapon, while and Ashish and Vikas went inside,” said police.

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