In a major breakthrough against the foreign-based gangster network, Delhi Police’s Special Cell arrested two wanted criminals following an encounter in the Kapashera area of Southwest district on Friday morning.

The arrested gangsters have been identified as Akash Rajput, a resident of Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan, and Mahipal, a resident of Bharatpur, Rajasthan.

According to officials, Rajput has a long criminal history spanning across Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat. He was allegedly involved in a July 2022 incident of firing outside a hospital in Asandh, Karnal, carried out at the behest of Canada-based gangster Daler Kotia.

He is also wanted in a July 2025 kidnapping-for-ransom case in Gujarat, where gangster Kirit Jhala, operating from abroad, demanded Rs 100 crore from the victim. R

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