Court grants two days custody of Deepak Boxer to Delhi police

New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Delhi Patiala House Court remanded Deepak Boxer to two days of special cell custody in an extortion case. He has been arrested in connection with a firing incident in a sweet shop in the Nangloi area to allegedly extort money.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Abhishek Kumar remanded Deepak Pahal alias Boxer to police custody. He was produced after fresh arrest from Tihar Jail. He is to be produced on October 18 before the court.
Accused Jatin, Akash, Hariom and Ankesh Lakra were produced from Judicial custody. Their judicial custody has been extended for 13 days. They have to be produced on October 29 before the court.
Advocate Tarun Chandela appeared for the accused Deepak Boxer.
Delhi police sought two days custody remand of Deepak Boxer to unearth the offence and supply of illegal weapons in Delhi NCR and to identify the source of weapons used in the offence.
On September 29, Special cell nabbed two sharpshooters of Deepak Boxer- Gogi gang in connection with the firing incident.
Special cell had apprehended two sharp shooters of Deepak alias Boxer/Ankesh Lakra/Gogi crime syndicate namely Hari Om alias Lalla and Jatin. Both the accused persons committed recent gunfire incidents at a sweet shop in the area of Nangloi, Delhi to extort money in the name of jailed gangsters Deepak Boxer/ Ankesh Lakra of Gogi Gang.
Delhi police had recovered one semi-automatic pistol with 5 live cartridges, one country made pistol with 4 live cartridges and a motorcycle used in the crime.
On September 28, Pratiksha Godara DCP Special Cell had said that two assailants on a black Hero Splendor motorcycle fired gunshots at the counter and employee of a sweet shop in Nangloi, and threatened to extort money from the shop owner on the directions of jailed gangsters.
In this regard, a case was registered vide FIR under sections 109(1)/3(5) BNS and 25/27 Arms Act at PS Nangloi, Delhi.
The assailants also threw extortion slips featuring colored photographs of deceased gangsters Jitender @ Gogi and Kuldeep Fajja on one side and names of jailed gangsters Deepak alias Boxer/ Ankesh Lakra and Vishal on other side, police said.
Later, as per technical as well as human inputs, the suspects were identified as Hari Om, Despite conducting raids in Delhi and surrounding districts, the suspects could not be located. Informers were activated to track their whereabouts.
As per Delhi police, on the basis of specific information that the suspects would be coming in the area of Rohini, Delhi, a raiding team was organized and both the criminals were apprehended with illegal weapons and a motorcycle.
A semi automatic pistol and five live rounds were recovered from the possession of accused Jatin, while Hariom alias lala was found in possession of a country made pistol with four live rounds. A motorcycle make hero splendor used in the crime was also recovered from the possession of accused persons. Ownership of the same is being verified.
During interrogation, it has been found that accused Jatin is associated with gangster Ankesh Lakra and both hail from same village Mundka. He is also an aide of gangster Deepak alias Boxer, linked to the Gogi Gang. Jatin received instructions from Ankesh Lakra (lodged in Tihar jail) and Vishal (younger brother of gangster Gaurav Saharanpur, settled abroad) to fire at the sweet shop in Nangloi after acquiring illegal weapons from the sources of Ankesh Lakra and Deepak Boxer.
It is alleged that the recovered weapons were provided by the associates of Ankesh Lakra at the pre appointed place in Sonepat area. Both Ankesh Lakra and Deepak Boxer presently heading Gogi Gang and were also involved in escape of gangster Kuldeep Fazza from police custody in 2021 from Delhi. Jatin persuaded Hari Om alias Lalla to participate in the shooting to earn easy money. Following these instructions, both accused fired at Roshan Sweet Corner in Nangloi, police said. (ANI)