NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested a 27-year-old man wanted in an attempt to murder case related to a firing incident in north Delhi’s Keshav Puram, officials said on Friday.
The accused, identified as Zishan Ahmad Idrishi, a resident of B-Block in Keshav Puram, had been absconding after allegedly opening fire along with his associates during an incident on the night of Diwali last year
According to police, the case was registered as FIR No. 583/25 under Sections 109(1)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 at the Keshav Puram Police Station. The firing left Bhanu Kumar injured and triggered panic in the locality.
Non-bailable warrants had also been issued against the accused by the court as he was evading arrest and frequently changing hideouts.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of the Crime Branch’s WR-I unit conducted a raid in the Chand Nagar area of Tilak Nagar and apprehended Idrishi on March 19.