Gangster shot at in snarl while being taken to court in Uttarakhand dies
Three days after history-sheeter Vinay Tyagi was shot at, allegedly by two former members of his gang, he died Saturday morning at AIIMS Rishikesh.
Tyagi was allegedly being driven to Laksar court on Wednesday when the police vehicle got stuck in a traffic jam. He had sustained injuries to his shoulder, hand and chest, suffered damage to organs, and was on ventilator support. After the post-mortem, his body will be handed over to his family, police said.
The accused — Sunny Yadav and Ajay Sain, both arrested — allegedly belonged to Tyagi’s gang, with police claiming they carried out several crimes together. Hailing from Muzaffarnagar, Tyagi was raised in Meerut and had around 60 cases against him in Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Haridwar, Ghaziabad, Delhi and Dehradun, among other cities.
The killing came months after Tyagi’s family alleged that he was being framed and targeted “to save other individuals”. The allegations relate to a September case involving the theft of gold and silver worth Rs 4 lakh from an acquaintance’s car, in which Tyagi was allegedly arrested and later transferred in connection with another case.
In response, Tyagi’s family claimed the allegations were meant to frame him, saying he had “stole the entire loot and was going to hand it over to the ED”. They also alleged there was “a plan to kill Vinay while taking him to court” and claimed the “involvement of Uttarakhand Police”.
“Tyagi refused to share the loot, and the duo harboured revenge and planned to kill him,” said Haridwar Rural SP Shekhar Chand Suyal.
Police claimed that, prima facie, they have not found any larger gang links.
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Meanwhile, the three officers who accompanied Tyagi were suspended from service .
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