Newsroom24x7 Staff

New Delhi: The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has arrested a notorious and desperate criminal Deepak Tomar (26), who is a parole jumpee and was wanted in two separate cases of hienous crime – a double murder in Uttar Pradesh and a blind murder in Delhi.

A cash reward of Rs. 5000 for his arrest was also announced (case FIR No.97/15 u/s 302/120B IPC, PS Ramala, Distt. Baghpat,UP. The police have recovered from his possession, a loaded countrymade sophisticated .315 Bore pistol with 3 live cartridges.

For nabbing hardcore criminals wanted in sensational and heinous cases of crime in Delhi & the national capital region (NCR), a team of officers of Crime Branch led by ACP Shweta Chauhan and comprising of Inspr Satish Kumar, ASI Yashpal, HCs Devdutt, Ajay, Cts Sandeep, Anand Singh, Mahesh, Praveen, Jagpravesh, Deepesh and Azad Singh was constituted under the close supervision of DCP Dr. G. Ram Gopal Naik and under overall supervision of Addl. CP K.K. Vyas and efforts were made to establish their hideouts and apprehend them.

The Crime Branch team collected information through all possible sources and started tracking one notorious criminal Deepak, son of Satyavir and resident of Soop Village under Ramala Police Station of Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh. He was residing at Shiv Ram Park in Nangloi – Delhi. This person was wanted in several heinous cases including murder. For apprehending him, number of suspected hideouts in Delhi and NCR were raided. On a few occasions, the Police narrowly missed him.

Deepak’s movements were continuously tracked and finally on 13 October, Ct. Sandeep received a specific input that the wanted criminal would come from Mangolpuri Railway Station to the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital at Mangolpuri in Delhi to look for a new hideout. On this information,the team immediately swung into action and laid a trap. Deepak came walking from Mangolpuri Railway Station sensed trouble and tried to flee from the spot but he was promptly apprehended by the Police.

On sustained interrogation, Deepak disclosed that he had committed many sensational murders in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Haryana.

In 2008, along with his associates – Magender, Ranbir, Harender, Geeta Ram and Satyawan, he had committed a sensational murder at Civil Lines in Rohtak. In thiscase, Magender was the contract killer and his target was Richhpal, who was Sarpanch of Sangi Village near Khidwali but due to wrong identity, they had murdered another person – Ramesh of Charkhi Dadari. In this case, six accused, including Deepak, were convicted for life.

In 2010, during his judicial custody in Rohtak jail, Deepak had conspired with a Dilbagh gang member and planned and executed the murder of one Dhajja Ram due to his enmity with Anil Leela gang.

In July, 2014, Deepak had managed to get 21 days parole/furlough from Bhondsi jail in Gurgaon but he did not turn up and jumped parole.

In 2015, after Deepak had jumped parole/furlough, he along with his associates Deepak and Saurabh committed the sensational double murder of Dharmender and Sachin both residents of Soop village falling under the Ramala police station in Baghpat district of UP. They had fired 21 rounds with country made pistol to execute the double murder, which was the result of their ongoing enmity with Jitender and Anil of Ranbir gang of their village. A case (FIR No.97/15u/s 302/120B IPC, PS Ramala, Baghpat-UP) was registered. Deepak was absconding after committing the crime and a cash reward of Rs.5000 was announced for his arrest.

In May, 2015, along with his associates, Deepak robbed a Scorpio vehicle from the Nihal Vihar Police station area. A case (FIR No.433/15 u/s 392/34 IPC, PS Nihar Vihar) was registered and he was also wanted in this case.

In September, 2015, along with three associates Sunder, Tinda and Amit, Deepak committed the sensational murder of Sohanveer, son of Bhoop Singh and resident of Bhabhewa village under the Beri Police station in Jhajjar district of Haryana. The murder was the result of personal enmity as Sohanveer had beaten him in Rohtak jail. A case (FIR No.538/15 u/s302/201 IPC) was registered at Baba Haridas Nagar Police station. This was a blind murder as the identity of the deceased and accused could not be established till date by local police despite best efforts.

During further interrogation, Deepak disclosed that he was planning to murder about 8 persons from his village due to ongoing enmity and he had arranged arms from one Manish of Nasirpur at Budhana in Uttar Pradesh.

Deepak Tomar has studied upto 12 th standard. After a “love marriage”, he was residing in Shivram Park with his father for the last one year. His mother has expired.