Jhajjar/Gurgaon, March 11: Three criminals were killed and four others, including two policemen, were injured when a police van transporting under-trials was attacked on the Gurgaon-Jhajjar Road on Saturday. The van was returning to Gurgaon after producing the party at a Rohtak court. The attackers were from a rival gang.
Police said the van was rammed by a truck around 3.45pm, forcing it to a halt near Orangpur. The killers then came in a Santro and an i-10 from behind, entered the police van and shot the three criminals dead. The police said the truck driver fled. Around 15 armed assailants entered the van and pumped bullets into the undertrials. Within minutes, the attackers sped away in their car. "We will arrest the accused soon," Rohtak range inspector general Alok Mittal said.
A notorious criminal Shri Bhagwan, former sarpanch of Karor village in Rohtak and his brother Dilbagh Singh were killed. The third victim was Anil alias Fauji of Chirhi village in Jhajjar. Their associates Nasir, a resident of Gwarka village in Faridabad and Ranbir alias Fauji of Ladaut of Rohtak suffered bullet injuries.
Two constables were injured. All the wounded were rushed PGI, Rohtak. A PCR van escorting the criminals was damaged. The police have recovered a double- barrel gun from the spot.
All the under-trials were members of the Shri Bhagwan gang and they were allegedly behind the murder of two brothers in Rohtak that happened some four months ago. Investigators said that the killed gang leader operated from jail.
"Preliminary investigation shows that the attack was the result of a gang rivalry. Shri Bhagwan and Anil Chippi, both residents of Karor village, were enemies for the past 10-12 years," Mittal said.
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