The Rajasthan Police arrested a gangster who stormed right into a police station six years in the past to assist free an affiliate Wednesday. Rajveer ‘Lara’ Gurjar has allegedly been absconding since he broke into Behror police station in Bhiwadi district with another associates to assist free fellow gangster Vikram ‘Papla’ Gurjar in 2019.
In line with Rajasthan Police’s Anti-Gangster Job Power (AGTF), Lara, who had a bounty of Rs 1 lakh and obtained his nickname due to his fondness for the previous West Indies batsman Brian Lara, was arrested from Rewari, Haryana, Tuesday. The police additionally discovered an AK-56 and different weapons from him.
Rajveer was produced earlier than the Justice of the Peace’s court docket in Behror Wednesday morning and has been despatched to police custody for 5 days.
Extra Director Basic of Police (AGTF & Crime) MM Dinesh addressed a press convention after the arrest.
“On the intervening night time of September 5 and 6, 2019, Haryana’s infamous gangster Vikram Gurjar alias Papla, resident of Khairoli district Mahendragarh, was arrested by the Behror police station of Bhiwadi district with a Scorpio and Rs 31.90 lakh in money. The subsequent day, gangster Rajveer Gurjar alias Lara and over 30 different miscreants attacked the police station with AK-47 and different subtle weapons and freed Papla Gurjar from the lockup and fled,” he stated.
Lara’s arrest brings the full variety of these arrested within the case to 32. This quantity consists of Papla, who was arrested with girlfriend from Kolhapur in Maharashtra in January 2021.
In line with the ADGP Dinesh, Lara was arrested by way of an eponymous operation. “Since Lara neither has a cell nor makes use of social media, the AGTF strengthened its informer community to arrest him,” he stated.
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Within the final six years, the gangster lived in a number of states — together with Karnataka, Kolhapur, Nashik Maharashtra, Goa, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi – allegedly by no means staying in a spot too lengthy.
“Throughout this time, he modified his disguises a number of instances, stayed in varied a number of locations in South India,” the officer stated.
The instances towards him embrace homicide and assault, the officer stated, including that he was on bail when the incident occurred.
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