Faridabad: Sachin Kheri, the right-hand man of gangster Kaushal involved in the killing of Congress leader Vikas Chaudhary, was arrested after a chase near Sekri in Faridabad past Monday midnight, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. Sachin Kheri, 35, was injured in the encounter that followed and taken to hospital.
Faridabad's commissioner of police, KK Rao, said they received information at around 12:15 am that Kheri was in Faridabad area.
A team of Faridabad and Palwal police were put on alert and special investigation team were rushed to the area. "At 1 am, one motorcycle rider was asked to stop but he tried to speed away and upon chasing he started firing on the police team. In self-defence, police team fired and the person was injured in the leg. When the team surrounded him he revealed that he was Kheri," Rao said.
Sachin Kheri, one of two gangsters wanted in the murder of Congress leader Vikas Chaudhary, was taken into police custody after he was injured in an encounter with the Special Task Force (STF) in Seekri village of the district on Monday night. Kheri has been admitted in civil hospital under police custody. He was one of the two assailants who had shot dead Chaudhary on June 27 here.
The duo has been absconding since then. The police have arrested a total of 12 accused so far in including Kaushal, a gangster, who was the main conspirator. Chaudhary, 42, was considered close to HPCC president Ashok Tanwar and was a leading ticket aspirant from the Faridabad Assembly segment. Chaudhary is survived by his parents, wife and two minor daughters, besides his younger brother.