Rohini Court Shootout Accused Tillu Tajpuriya Killed By Rival Gang Members In Tihar Jail
He was taken to Delhi's Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital where he was declared dead, said the prison officials as per ANI, adding that the further investigation was underway by the police.
Accused in Delhi's Rohini shootout case in 2021, Tillu Tajpuriya was killed by rival gang members Yogesh Tunda and others in Tihar jail. He was taken to Delhi's Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital where he was declared dead, said the prison officials as per ANI, adding that the further investigation was underway by the police.
Today morning at around 7am, information was received from DDU Hospital regarding two UTPs who were brought to the hospital from Tihar Jail. One of them, Sunil alias Tilu was brought in an unconscious state. He was later declared brought dead. Another person, Rohit is undergoing treatment and is out of danger, said Akshat Kaushal, Additional DCP West District, Delhi Police.
#UPDATE | Today morning at around 7am, information was received from DDU Hospital regarding two UTPs who were brought to the hospital from Tihar Jail. One of them, Sunil alias Tilu was brought in an unconscious state. He was later declared brought dead. Another person, Rohit is…
— ANI (@ANI) May 2, 2023
According to the prison officials, Tillu who was lodged on the ground floor of high-security ward was attacked by four inmates affiliated to rival Gogi gang (Deepak, Yogesh, Rajesh & Riyaz Khan) lodged in the first floor of the same ward at around 06.15 am, by cutting open the iron grill installed on the first floor of ward.
"Yogesh alias Tunda ad Deepak alias Teetar attacked Tillu Tajpuriya by breaking the iron grills of the ward which separated both gangs in the same ward," said the official, quoted by the news agency.
The Gogi gang members were lodged on the first floor of the High-Security Ward from where they cut open the Security grill and jumped on the ground floor using bedsheets, they added.
On September 24, 2021, two shooters, impersonating as professtional advocates, shot dead Jitendra Gogi in Rohini Court during a shootout. Both the shooters were also killed in retaliation by the police.
A day before the Rohini shootout, (shooters) Umang and Jagdeep took weapons from a crook named Rakesh Tajpuria in Murthal. Then on the same day, Umang and Jagdeep took the dress of lawyers from a person near AIIMS. Meanwhile, Tillu was in constant touch with both of them through WhatsApp calls from jail.
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