Ten days since they hit the notoriety list by allegedly gunning down three youths in a matter of minutes in south Delhi, the Bunty ‘killer-biker’ gang has now become a huge headache, and the most-wanted gang, for Delhi Police.
The gang’s kingpin — Bunty, alias Om Prakash — has been declared the most-wanted criminal in the Capital. The police had last week declared a reward of Rs 50,000 per head for information leading to the arrest of the five-member gang. This takes the total reward amount to Rs 2.5 lakhs for the gang — the most reward on information on any gang in recent times. The police crackdown has, in recent times, successfully negated gangs such as those led by Kishan Pehalwan and Vijay Bodha among others. But then arrived Bunty and his gang, and reportedly shot dead five people within a few weeks, prompting police to come up with a new most-wanted list.
Police officials said all units of Delhi Police — Special Operation Squad of Crime Branch, Special Cell, Special Staff of all the districts — are now on the lookout for this gang. A senior police official (name withheld on request) said: “Most of the wanted criminals in Delhi Police’s records are those who are either involved in individual cases or are absconding for a long time. Bunty and his gang suddenly arrived on the scene and, within a matter of two weeks, he is topping our most-wanted list of criminals.” The gang is suspected to have shot dead two youths — Arshneet, 28, and Hardeep, 26 — in south Delhi’s Lajpat Nagar area on July 11 evening. Within barely 15 minutes, the gang allegedly shot another man — Sanjeev, 32 — under the Andrews Ganj flyover. The gang members were on two bikes, one of them taken from the first two deceased, the police had said.
Within 24 hours, another shootout was reported from Madangir — again in south Delhi — where the gang allegedly shot at two people, Naresh and Pawan. According to the police official, other criminals in Delhi Police’s most-wanted list are all “desperate criminals”, like Ravinder Kumar, wanted in several cases. Kumar was convicted to life sentence but managed to escape while in police custody. He also has a reward of Rs 50,000 for information leading to his arrest.

Police commissioner Y S Dadwal has announced a reward of Rs 50,000 for information about the biker gang led by criminal Omprakash alias Bunty. The recent shooting spree in the Capital is being seen as the handiwork of the gang. The reward is for information on each of the gang members — Omprakash, Rajesh Sharma, Mohammad Nazir, Mohammad Israil and Shiv Om. All had been arrested last year while planning to rob a petrol pump in Vasant Kunj, and were released on bail in February this year.
Police suspect the members are hiding somewhere along the Capital's border. Security in the area has been beefed up with police barricades and round the clock patrolling. Police have described Omprakash as a "bad character" from Sangam Vihar. He has been an active criminal since 1999 and is involved in as many as 25 cases of robbery, murder and attempt to murder. The modus operandi in the recent cases and his release from jail along with his accomplices makes him the prime suspect.
"The gang was involved in the murder of a property dealer in Sangam Vihar on July 4. It is suspected that after this murder, they hid for some time and then went on a killing spree in south Delhi," said a police officer.
Meanwhile, Bunty's family members claimed they have not heard from him for the last few months. "We lodged a missing complaint about Bunty in March this year. Most of the male members of our family have now been detained by the police," said a family member.

Brajesh Singh, one of India’s most wanted Mafia dons with a history of extortion, murder and tender fixing cases spread across Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal and Gujarat was arrested by the Delhi police and produced in a court here today.
Singh, operating with several alias, had confessed to the police that he had been involved in a dozen murders in UP and had earned Rs 10 crore a year from extortion. But police believe that the amount he would extort runs to over Rs 100 crore per annum.
He is suspected to have links with Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan. He used to call the shots in all CPWD contracts in UP and a few other states, said a police officer.SNS