Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Tuesday arrested two Haryana cops in connection with the alleged fake encounter of Haryana-based gangster Sandeep Gadoli here.
Arrested policemen have been identified as constables Vikram Singh and Jitendra Yadav mad were arrested from the city.
Last week, police had arrested Sub-Inspector Pradhyuman Yadav who led the team of Haryana police that killed Gadoli in an encounter at Hotel Airport Metro here on February 7. Yadav, a Sub-Inspector of Gurgaon Police was arrested in a raid conducted at his house at Old Gurgaon last week.
Acting on a tip-off that Yadav was hiding in a house in Old Gurgaon, the teams raided the premised and arrested him.
"We have arrested him on charges of murder, attempt to murder, Arms Act, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence," the Joint Commissioner of Mumbai police said.
Pradhuman Yadav, sub-Inspector in Gurgaon crime branch was leading a team of five policemen that gunned down alleged gangster Sandeep Gadoli on February 7, inside Hotel Airport Metro in Andheri.
The team led by Yadav claimed that Gadoli, an alleged gangster from Haryana, was shot in retaliation after he fired at them to avoid arrest. His relatives alleged that it was a fake encounter and filed a police complaint.
Gadoli's family had moved the Bombay High Court alleging that it was a fake encounter, following which Mumbai police had started a probe.
