India, Feb. 16 -- With the arrest of a 22-year-old hitman of Kaushal Chaudhary gang, the Delhi Police claimed to have averted the killing of a businessman in north Delhi's Burari. A China-made automatic PX-30 pistol, five cartridges and a stolen scooter was recovered from Kuldeep Singh's possession, police said.

Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Harsh Indora said the anti-gang squad (AGS) of crime branch were informed that foreign-based gangsters Pawan Shokeen and Gurdeep were planning to eliminate a Burari businessman and run an organised extortion racket in the area.

They had ordered Singh to kill the businessman. The accused was previously involved in a Rs.5 crore extortion-cum-firing incident in Punjab in 2024 and was released f...