The Delhi Police officers gunned down an affiliate of dreaded gangster Hashim Baba on Saturday morning in an encounter taking pictures at Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut.
The deceased recognized as Sonu Matka who hails from East Gokalpur in Delhi allegedly shot useless a property seller and his nephew on Diwali this yr, and was additionally needed within the Karol Bagh theft of Rs 1.5 crore in 2022.
The police mentioned that Sonu Matka, a member of Hashim Baba gang, was critically injured after six- rounds of fireside alternate in Meerut’s TP Nagar space and he succumbed to accidents at a hospital.
In accordance with the police, the UP Particular Process Drive (STF) and a Particular Cell (NDR) workforce led by Assistant Commissioner Rahul Vikram tracked down Matka on the premise of an enter.
Matka carried a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head and was first arrested in an Arms Act case in Jaffrabad, mentioned an officer.
“He got here out on parole in 2021 after which went into hiding in Meerut, residing beneath completely different names to keep away from monitoring. He saved coming again to Loni and Delhi for conducting prison actions,” the officer mentioned.
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