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Rajesh Bharti Encounter: How Delhi Police's Special Cell eliminated 'Kranti Gang' in Chhatarpur

Gangster Rajesh Bharti and three of his associates were killed on Saturday while eight police personnel were injured in a major encounter in south Delhi's Chhatarpur area, police said.  

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Gangster Rajesh Bharti and three of his associates were killed on Saturday while eight police personnel were injured in a major encounter in south Delhi's Chhatarpur area, police said.  

More than 100 rounds were fired by the gang members and the Delhi police's Special Cell in the shootout, they said.

The deceased were identified as Rajesh Bharti, the gang's kingpin, Sanjeev alias Sandeep Vidroh, Umesh alias Don and Viresh Rana alias Bhiku. One of the criminals, who was injured, was identified as Kapil.

Haryana and Delhi police had announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh on Bharti's head, PS Kushwah, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell), said.

Bharti and Vidroh had escaped from the custody of Haryana Police around a year-and-a-half ago.

Bharti's gang was also referred to as the Kranti Gang. Earlier, the gang members were mostly active in Haryana, but in the last one year, they had carried out crimes in Delhi.

The Special Cell had been tracking the gang for the last six-seven months. On Saturday, it learnt that the gang members would be coming to Chandan Hola village in Chhatarpur and a team of the Special Cell's Northern Range, comprising 30 police personnel, was stationed on the route they were expected to take while leaving from a farmhouse, where they had assembled.

The team was being supervised by Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell).

"Our team had been tracking the gang...And had been carrying out raids at their hideouts. The gang members were involved in extortion activities and contract killings in the national capital," Yadav said

The gang members, numbering around eight, were spotted coming from the farmhouse in two cars -- a Ford Endeavour, bearing a Haryana registration number, and a Hyundai i-20. They were asked by the police team to surrender, but they started indiscriminately firing at the police personnel, the officer said.

The police retaliated and four persons were shot dead, while one sustained injuries and was admitted in the AIIMS Trauma Centre.

The others managed to escape.

Eight policemen — head constables Girdhar and Kuldeep, constable Gurdeep, sub-inspectors Krishan Kumar, Raj Singh and Bijender, assistant sub-inspectors Hari Chand and Jagat Singh — were injured.

Girdhar's condition was serious since he sustained bullet injuries in the neck and was currently under treatment at the AIIMS Trauma Centre, the DCP said.

Gurdeep received two bullet wounds. Krishan Kumar received two bullet wounds on his elbow and Raj Singh sustained injuries to his left arm. Bijender was shot in his right arm. Hari Chand was injured in the leg.

Jagat Singh and Kuldeep did not sustain bullet injuries.

Five sophisticated weapons, including two .30 bore Star pistols, and several live rounds were recovered, the officer said.

The gang members had assembled at a farmhouse belonging to one Sanjeev, who is absconding. It is still not clear whether he was accompanying the gang members at the time of the encounter. The seized Ford Endeavour car belongs to him.

The police recovered 40 fake number-plates of vehicles from the Hyundai i-20 car, the ownership of which is yet to established.

In the last one month, the gang had committed criminal acts in south Delhi, including robbing two Toyota Fortuner SUVs from the Vasant Kunj area on May 18 and 19.

In July last year, the gang had killed a man in Dwarka and left pamphlets behind, claiming that they were members of the Rajesh Bharti gang. Vidroh was wanted in connection with that case.

The police had announced a reward on information leading to the arrest of Vidroh and Umesh as well.

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