New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- In a major crackdown on organised crime in the Capital, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police has apprehended 22-year-old Kuldeep Singh, allegedly the principal shooter of the Kaushal Chaudhary gang, who was planning to eliminate a Burari-based businessman to establish the gang's supremacy and expand its extortion network.

Acting on specific intelligence inputs, a team of the Anti-Gangster Squad (AGS) laid a trap near Sector-17, Dwarka, and intercepted the accused while he was riding a stolen scooty. Police said he attempted to flee but was swiftly overpowered.

During the search, officers recovered one PX-30 automatic pistol (7.62 mm), one sophisticated 7.65 mm pistol in loaded condition, and five live cartridges. A cas...