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The Delhi Police Special Cell made the first arrest in connection with the Rajouri Garden shootout case on Friday.
An incident of firing occurred at a Burger King outlet in New Delhi's Rajouri Garden area on June 18. Three had people come on a motorcycle outside Burger King. Two of them went inside and started shooting.
According to news agency ANI, the Delhi Police's Special Cell arrested the person who was on the motorcycle. The hunt for the other two is still on.
"A team of Special Cell has arrested an accused…The arrested accused played a big role in that shootout. When the shootout happened, two accused persons came inside the Burger King while he [the arrested accused] stayed outside to alert them if anything went against them... He is an old criminal...," DCP Special Cell Pramod Kushwaha said on Friday.
One person, identified as Aman Joon (26), was killed in the incident. He was shot dead by two gangsters while he was sitting with a woman inside a Burger King outlet in the West Delhi locality. Police said Joon suffered 38 gunshot wounds.
According to a police officer, Joon's murder was an outcome of a gang rivalry between jailed gangsters Neeraj Bawana and Ashok Pradhan, news agency PTI reported.
Fugitive Spain-based gangster Himanshu Bhau, who is a close aide of Bawana, took responsibility for the killing in a social media post. He reportedly said his gang had avenged the killing of Bawana's cousin Shakti Singh in October 2020.
Joon is believed to have passed on information regarding Shakti Singh's whereabouts to Pradhan.
A police officer said that the Southwestern Zone unit of the Special Cell has been tasked to investigate the case and nab the four accused, who have been identified.
The officer said several other teams, including the crime branch, of the Delhi Police are also working to nab the assailants.
Joon is believed to have passed on information regarding Shakti Singh's whereabouts to Pradhan.
A police officer said that the Southwestern Zone unit of the Special Cell has been tasked to investigate the case and nab the four accused, who have been identified.
The officer said several other teams, including the crime branch, of the Delhi Police are also working to nab the assailants.
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On Sunday, a CCTV clip surfaced on social media in which the woman accompanying Joon at the outlet was seen at the Katra Railway Station.
The woman was carrying luggage and had covered her face with a scarf in the video clip dated June 20. She boarded a train to Gujarat but got off at one of the stations on the way.
Sources have said that the woman was used by the gangsters to honey-trap Joon.
Police teams have conducted raids in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat in search of the shooters as well as the suspected woman, officials said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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