Gangster surrenders wearing burqa, cites fear of encounter

A Uttar Pradesh-based criminal, who was also wanted in a case of firing outside a businessman's house here and demanding extortion from him, surrendered before a court here wearing a burqa, saying he feared Delhi Police might kill him in an encounter.

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Sohail Khan, 25, a native of Bulandshahr, is suspected to be associated with the Bambiha-Kaushal Chaudhary gang which was allegedly involved in the firing incident outside a businessman's house in the Rani Bagh area of north-west Delhi on October 26. The accused threw a note demanding Rs 15 crore as extortion. They wrote the names of gangsters belonging to the Bambiha gang on i