5 people involved in Rahul Fazilpuria shooting arrested

Five people allegedly involved in the Rahul Fazilpuria shooting case have been arrested following a brief shootout by the team of the Special Task Force and the Gurugram Crime Branch in a joint operation, officials said on Wednesday.

“The arrested men were involved in Rohit Shaukeen’s murder and firing at singer Rahul Fazilpuria,” said Sandeep Kumar, Public Relations Officer (PRO), Gurugram Police.

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“In a joint operation Tuesday night, the five, including the one involved in the Rohit Shaukeen murder case and the one who fired on singer Rahul Fazilpuria, were arrested after a police encounter at Pataudi Road near Wazipur, Gurugram,” he said.

The officer claimed that four of these accused have been admitted to the hospital for treatment.

One of them, Gautam, has been arrested as per the rules in the case registered in Police Station Sector-10, Gurugram, in connection with this shootout.

“A total of about 18 rounds were fired in this encounter,” PRO Kumar said.

Meanwhile, the matter came to light on July 15, when Haryanvi singer Rahul Yadav, who is popularly known as Fazilpuria, was allegedly shot at in his vehicle by assailants on the Southern Peripheral Road in Sector 71 of Haryana’s Gurugram.

Police identified the accused and registered an FIR, a police official said.

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Gurugram Police, Sandeep Kumar, said the police rushed to the spot upon receiving the information and found the bullet mark. He said the police have recovered a car from the spot of the incident, and the accused has been identified.

Fazilpuria contested the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections for the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) from the Gurgaon constituency. According to the Election Commission of India, he received a total of 13,278 votes and lost to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Rao Inderjit Singh.

Rohit Shokeen was shot dead on 4 August in Sector-77.