Gurugram, Nov. 11 -- The 35-year-old gangster found shot dead inside his car near Sidhrawali on Monday had allegedly murdered the wife of his former gang leader, Ashok Rathi, on his instructions in 2016, police said on Tuesday, revealing a decade-long history of killings linked to the gang.

Deepak, a resident of Sidhrawali, was formerly a henchman of Rathi, who operated a criminal gang in Haryana and Rajasthan. Police said Deepak had eight criminal cases registered against him in Gurugram and Bhiwadi in Rajasthan.

According to police, Deepak left home in his car after receiving a phone call late Sunday night. On Monday, commuters spotted his bullet-riddled car on the service lane of the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway near Sidhrawali and alerte...