Gurugram: Four members of the foreign-based Deepak Nandal gang were killed in a fierce encounter with the police at Gurugram’s Sushant Lok Phase-2 area on Thursday night. Three policemen were also injured and are undergoing treatment at a hospital.
The cops and criminals exchanged nearly 60 rounds of fire, it has been reported. The encounter began around 9.30 pm after the Crime Branch received information about a suspicious Scorpio SUV carrying armed men. Acting on the input, multiple Crime Branch teams rushed to the location.
The Crime Branch DCP told NDTV that by the time the teams reached the spot and set up a blockade, the armed suspects
had opened fire at a businessman’s house. The businessman had reportedly been receiving repeated extortion threats from a wanted gangster operating from abroad, making him a potential target of the attack.
The suspects were surrounded by the police teams and repeatedly asked to surrender. The accused, however, opened indiscriminate fire on the police personnel in an attempt to flee. The police retaliated and the encounter ensued.
All five alleged shooters were injured in the exchange of fire. They were shifted to a private super-specialty hospital, where four were declared dead by doctors. The fifth accused remains admitted to the hospital and is undergoing treatment.
Three Gurugram police personnel also received gunshot injuries and are being treated at a hospital. Their condition is being closely monitored by doctors.
The area was examined by teams from the Scene of Crime (SoC) unit, the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), and other investigation units. Evidence, including weapons and spent bullet casings, was collected as technical evidence.
Five foreign-made pistols have been recovered, the police said. The identities of the dead and injured will be revealed later, officials said, adding that further legal proceedings are underway.