New Delhi, March 3: The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Tuesday (March 3) arrested Shahrukh, the infamous gunman who was caught on camera firing eight rounds of bullets on the police and protesters in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur area last month.
According to reports, the police arrested the gunman, almost eight days after the incident, from Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh today.
According to the police, the family of the accused had also disappeared after the incident. Delhi Police sources said on Monday that many suspicious articles were found in Shahrukh Khan’s house. Inflammable objects were found in polythenes. The police said that after tracking Shahrukh’s phone, it came to light that he had gone to Panipat from Delhi’s Maujpur. Since then, he had been hiding in different cities of western Uttar Pradesh, including Kairana and Amroha.
On March 2, at least 10 teams of Special Cell of Delhi Police had conducted searches in multiple cities of Uttar Pradesh, including Kairana and Shamli in search of the accused.
Shahrukh had been on the run ever since the incident that took place on February 24 when he brandished a pistol in front of Delhi Police head constable Deepak Dahia.
