Haryana: An encounter took place in Haryana on Friday evening in which three gangsters were shot dead by the police. Out of the three gangsters, two of them were involved in a shooting which took place in Delhi's Burger King.
Delhi Police Crime Branch in a joint operation with Haryana STF killed three criminals in the encounter. The criminals belonged to the Himanshu Bhau Gang. The encounter broke out in the Sonipat District, Delhi Police Crime Branch informed.
The gangsters who were killed in the Sonipat encounter including shooters who murdered a man in West Delhi's Burger King outlet, officials said.
Those killed have been identified as Ashish alias Lalu, Sunny Kharar and Vicky Ridhana, the officials added. All three were members of the Himanshu Bhau gang.
The Burger King incident took place on June 18 around 9.30 pm at Najafgarh Road in Rajouri Garden, the officer said. Three people came on a motorcycle and parked outside the outlet.
One person remained outside to keep surveillance and as backup with a weapon, while two of them went inside and indiscriminately fired around 40 rounds at the victim who died on the spot, he added.
The victim was later identified as Aman Joon (26), a resident of Jhajjar in Haryana. He was sitting with a woman inside the outlet when the incident happened.
Later, a criminal gang based outside India took responsibility of eliminating the man, the officer said. During investigation, the shooters who were involved in the incident were identified as Ashish, Vikas, and Bijender.
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