NEW DELHI: A gangster in south Delhi, Kapil Panwar, was brazenly killed by his rival, Parveen Devli, another history-sheeter who had been trying to increase his area of operation and was embroiled in a battle of supremacy with Panwar. Devli managed to flee, but was arrested later.
The accused was linked with the Rohit Chaudhary and Neeraj Bawana gangs and had cornered Panwar near Neb Sarai on their instructions and pumped 15 bullets into him. A resident of Devli, he was earlier involved in five cases of attempt to murder and Arms Act.
An officer said that around 4.50am on Friday, Devli was nabbed from Mahadev Chowk in Prahladpur. A sophisticated pistol with one round in the chamber and five rounds in the magazine was seized.
Police said that around 8pm on August 26, Panwar was shot dead while his friend Pramod was injured after two men on a scooty indiscriminately fired at them on a busy road in Neb Sarai and fled. Over 15 bullets were fired from a close range, police said.
The cops found that Devli had been missing from his house since the incident. “Panwar and Devli were good friends before turning rivals. We have found about his role in the murder,” DCP (Special Cell) Rajiv Ranjan Singh said.
The accused told the cops that they had become rivals to establish supremacy in the area. “Panwar was planning to get Devli killed, so the accused bumped him off with the help of one Manish alias Nata,” said police. He, along with Nata, reached the spot and shot Panwar sitting inside a car, they added. “Information about the location of the victim was passed on by his friends, Paras and Jonty, who were also accompanying Panwar at the time of the incident,” police claimed.
Panwar himself was involved in more than six criminal cases, including that of murder, firing for intimidation and Arms Act. He was a key member of the Deepak Pandit gang, while the accused was associated with the Ravi Gangwal-Rohit Chaudhary gang and was a supporter of the Neeraj Bawana gang. “There is a long-standing rivalry between these two gangs for many years over dominance in south Delhi,” police said. An officer said Devli earlier used to help his father in his property business, but fell into bad company.
The accused was linked with the Rohit Chaudhary and Neeraj Bawana gangs and had cornered Panwar near Neb Sarai on their instructions and pumped 15 bullets into him. A resident of Devli, he was earlier involved in five cases of attempt to murder and Arms Act.
An officer said that around 4.50am on Friday, Devli was nabbed from Mahadev Chowk in Prahladpur. A sophisticated pistol with one round in the chamber and five rounds in the magazine was seized.
Police said that around 8pm on August 26, Panwar was shot dead while his friend Pramod was injured after two men on a scooty indiscriminately fired at them on a busy road in Neb Sarai and fled. Over 15 bullets were fired from a close range, police said.
The cops found that Devli had been missing from his house since the incident. “Panwar and Devli were good friends before turning rivals. We have found about his role in the murder,” DCP (Special Cell) Rajiv Ranjan Singh said.
The accused told the cops that they had become rivals to establish supremacy in the area. “Panwar was planning to get Devli killed, so the accused bumped him off with the help of one Manish alias Nata,” said police. He, along with Nata, reached the spot and shot Panwar sitting inside a car, they added. “Information about the location of the victim was passed on by his friends, Paras and Jonty, who were also accompanying Panwar at the time of the incident,” police claimed.
Panwar himself was involved in more than six criminal cases, including that of murder, firing for intimidation and Arms Act. He was a key member of the Deepak Pandit gang, while the accused was associated with the Ravi Gangwal-Rohit Chaudhary gang and was a supporter of the Neeraj Bawana gang. “There is a long-standing rivalry between these two gangs for many years over dominance in south Delhi,” police said. An officer said Devli earlier used to help his father in his property business, but fell into bad company.