Ankit Gujjar, dubbed one of the most wanted criminals in Uttar Pradesh with multiple counts of homicide and robbery, was found dead in Delhi’s Tihar Jail on Wednesday morning, confirmed prison officials.
Although the exact circumstances surrounding his death is not yet clear, news agencies reported that Ankit’s body was found at Jail Number 3 in Tihar this morning.
Tihar Jail officials said that an investigation has been launched to probe his death and ascertain the exact cause behind the incident.
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Ankit Gujjar was said to have been involved in as many as eight murder cases. Both the Uttar Pradesh Police and the Delhi Police had issued rewards on him. While the UP Police had announced a reward of ₹1 lakh, the Delhi Police declared Rs 25,000 as a reward for apprehending Ankit Gujjar.
Ankit was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police in the year 2015, but he had come out on bail in 2019. He then shifted his operations to Delhi. The gangster, a resident of Baghpat in western Uttar Pradesh, reportedly joined hands with a Delhi-based gangster, Rohit Chaudhary, to jointly form the Chaudhary-Gujjar gang. They were keen on expanding their network in South Delhi, reports said.
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In September last year, Ankit Gujjar, who had become one of Uttar Pradesh’s most wanted offenders, was nabbed by Delhi Police. Several more criminals from the South Delhi region had joined the Chaudhary-Gujjar gang. It was alleged that the gang’s members, along with its leaders, Rohit Chaudhary and Ankit Gujjar, were living together in Neemrana, Rajasthan.
Ankit’s death is noteworthy since the Delhi high court only a few weeks ago ordered the CBI to investigate the murder of a prisoner called Shrikant Rama Swami within the prison on May 14.
