Overview

• Officers acting on a tip-off set up a barricade on Pataudi Road near Wazirpur around 12:15 am, where an Innova without plates opened fire and roughly 18–19 rounds were exchanged.
• Four suspects were shot in the legs and taken to the Civil Hospital in Sector 10, while a fifth, identified as Gautam, was taken into custody for interrogation.
• The accused were named by police as Vinod Pehalwan of Jhajjar and Padam alias Raja, Shubham alias Kala, Gautam alias Gogi, and Ashish alias Ashu of Sonipat.
• Investigators say the men are linked to the Rohit Sardhaniya and Deepak Nandal networks and are also wanted in the August 4 murder of financier Rohit Shokeen.
• Police are probing command links to leaders reportedly abroad and a reported ₹5 crore dispute cited as a possible motive, with formal arrests to follow after medical treatment.