Three dead in Delhi courtroom shootout

RT.com, 24 Sept, 2021- A mob boss has died after gunmen from a rival gang entered a courtroom where he was on trial and opened fire. The gunmen, dressed as barristers, were subsequently shot by police and died of their wounds.

On Friday, Jitender Gogi, a notorious gangster who had been jailed since 2020, was brought to a hearing in north Delhi. On his arrival, gunmen from the rival faction, the Tillu gang, entered the courtroom dressed as lawyers and opened fire on Gogi. The mob boss was declared dead in hospital. 

Special-forces personnel who had been escorting Gogi fired back at the two gunmen, killing them on the spot. “Two from the rival gang opened fire on Jitender Gogi inside the court. That’s when police retaliated and killed the two assailants,” Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana told NDTV, confirming that a third person had also died in the shootout.