Triple murder accused killed in encounter near Hry border

Delhi Police shot dead a 20-year-old suspected gangster of the Kala Rana-Noni Rana nexus in a gunfight at Dera Mandi in the early hours of Tuesday, officers aware of the matter said.

- Karn Pratap Singh and Bhavey Nagpal

NEW DELHI/KARNAL: The accused, identified as Romil Vohra, fired at least seven rounds at the police, to which police retaliated, they said, adding that the sound of the gunbattle reverberated through the neighbourhood.

The suspected gangster was wanted in connection with a triple murder in Haryana's Yamunanagar in December 2024 and the murder of a liquor contractor in Kurukshetra 11 days ago, police said, adding that two sub-inspectors of a joint Delhi Police special cell and Haryana Police special task force were injured. They were admitted to a hospital in south Delhi and are out of danger, officers said.

Additional commissioner of police (special cell) Pramod Singh Kushwah said that the Haryana STF tipped them off about a possible crime in Delhi Vohra was going to commit, following which they formed a joint team and waited for him near the Delhi-Haryana border.