Delhi: Five gunmen sent for revenge attack fires at wrong residence, nabbed

A firing incident was reported at Kabir Nagar area in the Welcome police station area of the national capitalThe incident took place in the wee hours of Saturday around 110 am Delhi Police informed on Sunday adding that 5 persons fired several shots outside a house in Kabir NagarNo one was injured in the firing the police informed further all 5 persons involved in the firing incident were apprehendedA case was registered under IPC sections 336 and 34 of the IPC and sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act at the Welcome police stationThe arrested accused were identified as Abdullah Yasin Zubair Zoaib and Istkar police saidAccording to the police Yasin who was out on bail had been lodged with Arbaz and Akib both members of the Irfan Chhenu gang in cell number 11 of Delhis Mandoli jailThe sleuths further informed that Arbaz and Akib were beaten up in their cell by Swaraj Singh the head warden of the Mandoli jailArbaz later plotted a revenge attack on head wardens residence in Kabir Nagar the police said adding that Yasin 22 walked out of jail on April 7Also Read Maharashtra Two traffic cops arrested for demanding bribe from transporterAccording to the police Arbaz met Abdullah 22 Zoaib 19 Istkar 22 Misbah Zubair 21 and Fardeen the last of whom provided a pistol 6 rounds of ammunition a katta countrymade firearm along with 3 rounds of ammunitionMisbah and Zoaib carried their own firearms the sleuths addedYasin Abdullah and Misbah travelled on one motorcycle while Zoaib and Istkar were riding on another police said adding that they reached Kabir Nagar at 1 am They sent Zubair inside the Kabir Nagar colony to identify the head wardens residenceZubair returned soon after surveying the house and explained the layout to the attackers police said adding that he informed further that there were two street dogs outside the residenceYasin Abdullah Misbah Zoaib and Istkar then proceeded to the residence but stopped outside after spotting the two dogs They fired about 10 rounds in the air and at the iron gate of the house before fleeing the spot police saidInadvertently however instead of firing at Head Wardens house at C414 they ended up firing outside another house which goes by the address C46 police said adding that they mistook the house as that of the head wardens as the two stray dogs were by then loitering outside the other houseThe owner of C46 whom the police identified as 32yearold Asif had absolutely no clue why his house was fired upon by the attackers Two live rounds and 4 empty shells were found on the road outside his house police informedSubsequently over the course of the investigation the police nabbed all five accused in the firing incidentThe police said they also recovered 3 pistols 1 katta and 10 rounds of ammunition Both motorcycles on which the attackers arrived in the area were also recovered and impoundedFurther investigation is underway police saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever