Three criminals who helped ganster escape arrested

New DELHI: Three criminals have been arrested by Crime Branch of Delhi police who played an instrumental role in the escape of a dread criminal from police custody in Meerut district of UP on March 28 2019. They have been identified as Dipin Suri, Jeet Singh Makkad and Sonu Sehgal all from Meerut, UP.

They all played key role in the escape of dreaded life convict gangster Badan Singh alias Baddo from Meerut, UP. Gangster Badan Singh Baddo was brought by UP Police to produce in a court in Ghaziabad from Fatehgarh, UP jail. After the court proceedings, he somehow convinced the escorting police staff to take him to Meerut, UP instead of back to central jail in Fatehgarh. Thereafter, they reached at hotel Mukut Mahal ( owned by his friend Mukesh ) in Meerut with escorting police party where his associates had already planned for his escape. They offered sedative-laced drinks to the escorting police party and when police party became unconscious, he escaped with his associates from the spot. All the six police officials who were escorting the gangster were arrested by the local police.

"During interrogation,the accused persons revealed that they planned the escape of Gangster Badan Singh after meeting him in the Fatehgarh Jail," said Rajiv Ranjan, Additional CP (Crime).