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Delhi: Ex-MLA Rambeer Shokeen used criminals to fund poll campaign, says chargesheet

Shokeen is the maternal uncle of jailed gangster Neeraj Bawana and was arrested last year under MCOCA after being on the run.

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Ex-MLA from Mundka, Rambeer Shokeen had "used the clout of criminals, to fulfil his political ambitions and for gaining pecuniary benefits", said a supplementary chargesheet filed by the Special cell of the Delhi Police.

Shokeen, who is the maternal uncle of jailed gangster Neeraj Bawana, was arrested last year under sections of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) after he was on the run for the past one year.

"During investigation, it is revealed that the accused Neeraj Bawana was found giving huge amounts of money to Shokeen for the 2013 elections, where the latter had contested as an independent candidate.

"Besides, Bawana had arranged several notorious criminals of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to assist him during elections with arms and ammunitions," said a chargesheet filed on Tuesday by the sleuths of the Special cell.

The chargesheet also stated Shokeen, along with Bawana and Naveen Hooda aka Bhanja and other members of the gang, had hatched a conspiracy to release sharp shooter Ankit Malik aka Bhura of the gang from the custody of Uttarakhand police officials.

"During February 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections, Bawana had put together all efforts to ensure the victory of accused Shokeen's wife Reetu Shokeen, who fought on the Congress ticket, by spending huge amount of extortion money and using musclemen," the charge sheet said. The cops mentioned in the charge sheet that according to a report obtained from Income Tax Department, Delhi that both Shokeen and his wife did not file income tax returns between the years 2006-16, while they were incurring expenses including election expenses during the same period.

"Both the husband and wife contested elections in 2013 and 2015 respectively and investigations also revealed that Shokeen had spent huge amount in the distribution of steel glasses," the charge sheet said. The police said that there is enough evidence that Shokeen, along with his associates, have been running an organised crime syndicate, which has been committing extortion and murders apart from other crimes. Shokeen was also involved in various other cases.

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