Overview

• Delhi Police Special Cell intercepted two men on a motorcycle around 3 a.m. on the Kalindi Kunj–Pushta Road, where the suspects opened fire and were overpowered after retaliatory shots.
• The men were identified as Rahul of Panipat and Sahil of Bhiwani, whom police say were acting under the Rohit Godara–Goldy Brar–Virender Charan network.
• Rahul was wounded and hospitalised and is also wanted in a December 2024 triple murder case in Yamunanagar, according to police.
• Investigators say the duo conducted reconnaissance in Mumbai and Bengaluru while plotting to kill Munawar Faruqui, with firearms and their motorcycle seized at the scene.
• Police call the arrests a breakthrough in a broader crackdown on celebrity-targeting gangs, noting recent threats to Kapil Sharma and a shooting outside Disha Patani’s home that the same network claimed; motive reports citing unnamed sources remain unconfirmed.