Overview
- Special Cell teams laid an entrapment in Rohini Sector 28 on the intervening night of August 29–30 and returned fire after the suspects opened fire.
- The men were identified as Harshdeep, 20, of Ambala Cantonment, and his cousin Naveen Dhiman, 24, of Panipat.
- Police recovered a Glock‑17 pistol, a Star pistol, seven live cartridges and four empty shells from the scene.
- Both suspects sustained gunshot wounds, were overpowered, and were treated at Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital before being taken into custody.
- A fresh FIR dated August 30 was registered at PS Special Cell under BNS sections 132/221/109(1) and Arms Act sections 25/27, with police noting the pair were wanted in a Chhawla extortion‑firing case and that probes into the gang’s linkages are ongoing.