Haryana Police constable arrested for links to gangster

Chandigarh: Mahesh Kumar, a

Haryana Police

constable, who had shot Ajay, a gangster, in Sonipat courts on Thursday, is found to have links to

gangster

Ramkaran Bahiapur. Bahiapur is involved in around 25 cases, including the triple murder of Sandeep Barwasni and two more persons in 2017.

Mahesh was arrested soon after the incident and is currently in the custody of Sonipat police. He will be produced in court on Monday. Police claimed to have recovered Rs 40,000 from him. While Ramkaran is at large, police recovered 696 live cartriges of various bores, one rifle of .315 bore, one damaged revolver, 1.5 kg gold, 2 kg silver, luxury watches, a luxury car and SUV during a raid at his house on Saturday.

“Mahesh admitted that he got Rs 50,000 from the gangster who was known to him. As far as Ramkaran and other criminals involved in this incident are concerned, police parties are conducting raids on their possible hideouts,’’ said an official spokesman.

Mahesh shot Ajay three times in the head when they had an altercation in the police van parked outside the Sonipat court complex. Ajay was rushed to civil hospital, from where he was taken to PGIMS, Rohtak. His condition is stated to be critical. Ajay’s father was shot dead by a group of assailants at his village in Sonipat district the same day. Police suspected this to be the outcome of a gang war between the Barwasni and Ramkaran gangs.

Ajay was a sharpshooter of the Sandeep Barwasni gang. After Sandeep Barwasni and two others were shot dead by Ramkaran gang in Gohana in 2017, Ajay had taken charge of Sandeep’s gang as well. He was lodged in Faridabad jail and was brought to Sonipat to attend the trial of criminal cases against him.