The special cell of the Delhi police arrested the notorious gangster Kala Jathedi from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh on Friday. The wanted criminal, who escaped police custody in 2020, had a reward of Rs 7 lakh on his head.
Sandeep alais Kala Jathedi is a resident of Sonipat and one of the most wanted gangsters in northern India. He was supposedly after twice Olympic champion Sushil Kumar, who was arrested in the Sagar Rana murder.
Police had previously suspected that Kala Jathedi was running his infamous gang from abroad, but he was hiding in Haryana.
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WHY WAS KALA JATHEDI AFTER SUSHIL KUMAR?
Wrestler Sushil Kumar, arrested in the Sagar Rana murder case, was also reportedly hiding from Kala Jathedi.
The disagreement between Sushil Kumar and Sagar Rana, also known as Sagar Dhankad, concerned an apartment that belonged to Sushil Kumar in the Model Town area of Delhi. Sagar rented this apartment with a friend named Sonu Mahal.
When Sushil Kumar attacked Sagar Rana, he reportedly also beat Sonu Mahal, Kala Jathedi’s nephew. After the attack, Kala Jathedi allegedly threatened to kill Sushil Kumar.
KALA JATHEDI GANG
In the past 10 months the dreaded Kala Jathedi gang has committed 25 murders in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan.
On March 25th, his gang had the The gangster Kuldeep Fajja escapes from police custody while he was at the GTB hospital. However, Fajja was later killed by the police in an encounter.
The Delhi police had also imposed the strict Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) on Kala Jathedi. Offenders booked under MCOCA can be sentenced to life imprisonment.
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It is believed that Kala Jathedi’s partner Virendra Pratap aka Kala Rana is currently in Thailand while his fellow gang member Goldie Brar runs a gang from Canada.
Kala Jathedi is close to gangsters too Lawrence Bishnoi, and together they lead a gang of more than 100 villains. With Lawrence currently in jail, Kala Jathedi also oversaw his gang.
The gang members constantly committed crimes such as extortion and robbery.
Lawrence Bishnoi had also threatened to kill actor Salman Khan.
KALA JATHEDI’S ARREST
Kala Jathedi fled Faridabad police custody in February 2020, and the police have been on the lookout for the gangster ever since.
Previously, the Delhi Police Special Cell had arrested Ankit, Ravi Jagsi, Rajan Jat, Sumit Bichpadi, Amit and Sudhir Mann from the Kala Jathedi gang.
The police investigation revealed that the gang members used code words among themselves. Kala Jathedi was supposedly called Alpha, Kalrana was called Tiger, and Goldie Brar was called Doctor.
Kala Jathedi tried to mislead the police and other gangs by spreading rumors that he was abroad. However, the police were able to track him down by interrogating a villain named Nitish Kumar who confessed that Kala Jathedi was hiding in Haryana.
Thereafter, the Delhi police arrested the gangster on Friday.
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