Hashim Baba Gang Shooter Apprehended Following Delhi Crime Branch Encounte

New Delhi: The Crime Branch of the Delhi Police has apprehended a notorious sharpshooter aligned with the dreaded Hashim Baba criminal syndicate following a high-intensity "half encounter" in East Delhi. The arrested operative is a prime suspect in the sensational Shahdara double murder case that previously shook the national capital.

Acting on a precise intelligence tip-off regarding the suspect’s movements in the trans-Yamuna region, a specialized Crime Branch team set up a strategic tactical trap late at night. Upon spotting the target, officers ordered him to surrender. However, the cornered criminal opened indiscriminate fire on the police personnel in a desperate attempt to flee the dragnet.

In defensive retaliation, the police team fired back, hitting the shooter in the leg. This localized tactical injury — commonly referred to in regional policing terms as a "half encounter" — effectively neutralized his ability to escape. He was immediately disarmed, taken into custody, and rushed to a nearby state hospital under heavy police guard for necessary medical treatment. Authorities successfully recovered a sophisticated semi-automatic pistol along with multiple live cartridges from his direct possession.

According to senior police officials, the arrested shooter had been actively evading the law since the brutal double execution in Shahdara's Farsh Bazar area, an attack heavily linked to retaliatory gang rivalries and lucrative cricket betting extortion rackets. Investigators reveal that the Hashim Baba syndicate continues to orchestrate major violent operations, targeted killings, and protection rackets throughout northeast Delhi despite its leadership being incarcerated. This successful neutralization is seen as a massive blow to the gang's ground operations, and interrogation is expected to yield critical leads on the cross-border arms supply lines fueling Delhi's active gang wars.