New Delhi. A criminal from Uttar Pradesh reached the Patiala House court here wearing a burqa and surrendered before it. The gangster said that he was afraid that Delhi Police might kill him in an encounter. He was also wanted in a case of firing outside the house of a businessman in Delhi and demanding extortion from him.
25-year-old Sohail Khan, resident of Bulandshahr, is suspected to be associated with the Bambiha-Kaushal Chaudhary gang. He was allegedly involved in the firing incident that took place outside a businessman’s house in north-west Delhi’s Rani Bagh area on October 26. The accused threw a note demanding extortion of Rs 15 crore on which the names of the miscreants of the Bambiha gang were written. A senior police officer said that Sohail Khan was absconding and several police teams were searching for him.
Sohail Khan had applied for surrender in Patiala House court on Wednesday. He said in the application that he is not involved in this case and the police can kill him in an encounter. An officer, who did not wish to be named, said, “On Wednesday, he entered the court wearing a burqa to avoid arrest. He was surrounded by a group of lawyers.” After surrendering before the court, he was arrested by the Special Branch of Delhi Police. The court sent him to seven days’ police custody for further questioning. Police said that more than half a dozen cases of robbery and snatching are registered against Sohail in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR).