Overview
- Gurugram Police arrested Sunil Sardhania at Delhi’s IGI Airport after he returned to India, with officials saying he had been living in Costa Rica on forged documents.
- A court remanded him to five days of police custody for interrogation focused on his network, weapon suppliers, and overseas contacts.
- Police accuse him of planning the July 14 firing at rapper Rahul Fazilpuria’s vehicle, orchestrating Rohit Shaukeen’s August 4 murder, and arranging an attack at a property dealer’s office.
- Investigators say he fled while on bail in 2024 using a passport under the name Sunil or Suneel Singh, and that his movements were traced with support from the Ministry of Home Affairs and Interpol.
- Seven suspects had already been arrested with the vehicle and weapons recovered in the July attack, and Sardhania’s detention brings the accused count in that case to eight.