Firing incident: Court orders Boxer’s release

New Delhi: A Delhi court has ordered the release of gangster Deepak Pahal aka Deepak Boxer in the case of a firing incident at the residence of liquor baron and former Faridkot MLA Deep Malhotra in West Punjabi Bagh on December 3, 2022.The court of chief metropolitan magistrate Suman Gupta at the Tis Hazari court, in an order passed on January 2, said, "Since it is submitted by the Investigation Officer that there is no recovery effected from the accused and there is only a disclosure statement of the accused, which has no evidentiary value in the eyes of the law, therefore, in the absence of any incriminating evidence against the accused, he is hereby released from the present case."The motive behind the firing was Malhotra's refusal to pay the extortion money demanded by the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, claimed Delhi Police.