Jammu Tawi, February 4 (Sarabjit):
Jammu Police today presented five accused of Gattaru murder case in the court of CJM, Jammu to get police remand for interrogation.
Five accused of the much talked about the broad daylight murder of Sumit Jandyal alias Gattaru at Jewel Chowk, Jammu over two weeks back were arrested at Delhi with the help of Crime branch of Delhi Police.
Nawabad police team led by SHO amid tight security presented the accused and the court granted police remand of the accused till February 8.
The main accused were Harsh Singh, Abhay Pratap Singh, Arun Singh, while Ajay and Raj were the associates of these accused and all belonged to some notorious “Khouf’ gang. Police will now interrogate these accused to find out the weapons used in the murder, th e mastermind of the murder, their front and back links. Police has so far recovered the vehicles used in the murder incident, which included two cars and a Scooty.
All the accused had fled to Delhi after killing Sumit Jandiyal alias Gattaru at the busy Jewel Chowk of the city on January 21. They were being searched and chased by the Jammu Police.
Meanwhile, on Monday, 5 accused were arrested from ISBT Terminal by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police and J&K Police. They were trying to flee to Nepal but the police caught them before they could elope further. All of them were brought to Jammu yesterday and were kept at the Nawabad Police Station.
After the SSP Jammu Joginder Singh, SP of SOG reached Police Station Nawabad and around 3:30 pm, the five accused were taken to Janipur Court by SHO Nawabad Deepak Pathania amid heavy security arrangements.
Some lawyers also objected to seeing media personnel standing in the parking lot of the court premises.
Khauf Gang, Gattaru Gang and Shalu Gang are active in Jammu Division and all these gangs included youth from border areas. The most worrying aspect is that earlier these gangs were known to be using sharp weapons to inflict serious injuries to the members of their rival factions in their fights, but now these gangsters are openly using pistols and revolvers. Along with this, now gangsters are also active in illegal operations, extortions and drugs peddling in Ramgarh, Vijaypur, Bishnah, Bari Brahmana and RS Pura areas in recent times. These areas have now become hotspots for highway robbery, drug smuggling and land disputes related to mafia groups. The growing links between land mafias and drug syndicates are posing a serious challenge for law enforcement agencies.
