Delhi: Police nab 5 gunmen for firing at wrong residence

A firing incident was reported at Kabir Nagar area in the Welcome police station area of the national capital.
The incident took place in the wee hours of Saturday, around 1.10 am, Delhi Police informed on Sunday, adding that 5 persons fired several shots outside a house in Kabir Nagar. No one was injured in the firing, the police informed further; all 5 persons involved in the firing incident were apprehended. A case was registered under IPC sections 336 and 34 of the IPC and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act at the Welcome police station.
The arrested accused were identified as Abdullah, Yasin, Zubair, Zoaib and Istkar, police said. According to the police, Yasin, who was out on bail, had been lodged with Arbaz and Akib, both members of the Irfan Chhenu gang, in cell number 11 of Delhi’s Mandoli jail. The sleuths further informed that Arbaz and Akib were beaten up in their cell by Swaraj Singh, the head warden of the Mandoli jail. Arbaz later plotted a revenge attack on head warden’s residence in Kabir Nagar, the police said, adding that Yasin (22), walked out of jail on 7 April.
According to the police, Arbaz met Abdullah (22), Zoaib (19), Istkar (22), Misbah, Zubair (21) and Fardeen, the last of whom provided a pistol, 6 rounds of ammunition, a ‘katta’ (countrymade firearm) along with 3 rounds of ammunition. Misbah and Zoaib carried their own firearms, the sleuths added.
Yasin, Abdullah and Misbah travelled on one motorcycle, while Zoaib and Istkar were riding on another, police said, adding that they reached Kabir Nagar at 1 am. They sent Zubair inside the Kabir Nagar colony to identify the head warden’s residence.