Uttar Pradesh: Sharpshooter of Lawrence Bishnoi gang killed in police encounter in Hapur

In a significant breakthrough, a joint crew of the #Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force (STF) and the #Delhi Police gunned down a infamous sharpshooter of the #Lawrence Bishnoi gang in an encounter within the #Hapur Kotwali space, officers confirmed on Thursday (May 29). The deceased has been recognized as Naveen Kumar, a needed felony concerned in a number of critical instances, together with homicide, and booked underneath the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA).

According to ADGP (STF) Amitabh Yash, the encounter happened on Wednesday night time, when a joint crew comprising STF’s #Noida unit and #Delhi Police’s Special Cell exchanged fireplace with a bunch of criminals in #Hapur Kotwali. During the gunfight, Kumar sustained extreme accidents and was rushed to an area hospital, the place he was declared useless.

Naveen Kumar, a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad district, was identified to be an energetic sharpshooter affiliated with the #Lawrence Bishnoi gang and labored intently with one other infamous gangster, Hashim Baba. Police data reveal that 20 felony instances have been registered towards Kumar throughout Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. These embody expenses of homicide, try and homicide, kidnapping, theft, and different critical crimes underneath the MCOCA.

UP STF stated, “An accused identified as Naveen Kumar, a resident of Loni, Ghaziabad, was gravely injured in an encounter with the joint team of the #Noida unit of UP STF and the Special Cell of Delhi in the Thana Kotwali area, #Hapur, last night. The accused was sent to the hospital for treatment, where he was declared dead. Naveen was wanted in a murder and MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act) case of Thana Farsh Bazar, Delhi. The wanted accused Naveen was an active member of the #Lawrence Bishnoi gang and is a sharpshooter. Twenty cases, including murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery and MCOCA, were registered against him in Delhi and UP, and he had been sentenced by the court in two cases in Delhi.”

Kumar’s felony actions date again to 2008, when he was first booked underneath the Arms Act at Seemapuri police station in Delhi. In 2009, he allegedly dedicated a homicide within the Sahibabad police station space, and by 2010, he was booked underneath the Gangster Act in Uttar Pradesh.

Authorities have termed this a major success of their ongoing crackdown on organized crime and gang networks working throughout northern India.