Tillu Tajpuriya, an accused in the Rohini court shootout case, was killed after being attacked by rival gang members in Delhi’s Tihar jail.
Jailed gangster Tillu Tajpuriya, an accused in the Rohini court shootout case, was killed after being attacked by rival gang members Yogesh Tunda and others in Delhi’s Tihar jail.
He was taken to Delhi’s Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where he was declared dead. Further investigation is underway by Police.
“This morning around 7am, information was received from DDU Hospital regarding two Undertrial prisoners who were brought to the hospital from Tihar Jail. One of them, Sunil alias Tilu was brought in an unconscious state. He was declared brought dead later. Another person, Rohit is undergoing treatment and is out of danger,” Akshat Kaushal, additional DCP west district, Delhi Police, said.
The police said that a prisoner named Yogesh Tunda, who was lodged in Jail No. 8 and other members of the rival gang attacked Tillu, who was lodged in Jail No. 9 with an iron grill.
“Yogesh alias Tunda and Deepak alias Teetar attacked Tillu Tajpuriya by breaking the iron grills of the ward which separated both gangs in the same ward,” the official said.
Further investigation into the incident is underway.
In September 2021, gangster Sunil Maan alias Tillu Tajpuriya was allegedly involved in the murder of Jitender Maan alias Gogi in a shootout inside a courtroom at Rohini courts complex.
Gogi, 30, who was in Tihar jail, had come to court for a hearing on September 24. Within minutes of Gogi’s entering the court, two gunmen, who were in lawyers’s attire shot Gogi dead. The two gunmen, who are members of Tillu gang, were shot dead by the police team. Until his arrest in March 2020, Gogi, a resident of Alipur in outer Delhi was the most wanted gangster in Delhi. He had at least 19 cases of murder, robbery, and extortion.
Video footage of the incident showed policemen and lawyers rushing out in panic as gunshots rang out inside courtroom number 207.
The two gunmen dressed as lawyers are suspected to be members of rival Tillu gang, an official had said, adding that over 30 shots were fired.
On December 9, 2021, a man was injured in a low-intensity explosion that took place inside a courtroom in Rohini district court, raising questions about security arrangements there.
Rival gang members kill gangster Tillu Tajpuriya in Delhi’s Tihar Jail
Tajpuriyaan was named the mastermind of the September 2021 shootout at Delhi’s Rohini court that left his friend-turned-rival gangster Jitender Maan dead
Four inmates of rival Gogi gang killed jailed gangster Sunil Maan alias Tillu Tajpuriya, 33, after attacking him with a bar from an iron grill inside a high-risk ward of Delhi’s Tihar Jail on Tuesday morning, police said.
Tajpuriya was named the mastermind of the September 2021 shootout at Delhi’s Rohini court that left his friend-turned-rival gangster Jitender Maan, alias Gogi, dead. Gunmen dressed as lawyers killed Gogi inside a courtroom before police shot dead the two assailants.
Police said Tajpuriya’s attackers were lodged on the first floor of the high-security ward. They cut the grill and came to the ground floor where Tajpuriya was lodged using bedsheets. Another inmate identified as Rohit suffered injuries in Tuesday’s attack but was said to be out of danger.
Delhi prisons chief Sanjay Baniwal said Deepak alias Titar, 31, Yogesh alias Tunda, 30, Rajesh, 42, and Riyaz Khas, 39, lodged on the first floor of the same high-risk ward attacked Tajpuria around 6.15 am.
“They cut the iron grill installed on the first floor of the ward and used [the bar as] an improvised ice pick. Tillu was injured and rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital after the required medical attention at the jail. Tajpuriya died during treatment at the DDU hospital,” said Baniwal.
Additional deputy police commissioner (west) Akshat Kaushal said they were told that two under-trial prisoners were admitted to DDU Hospital with injuries from Tihar Jail. “One of them, Sunil alias Tilu was brought [to the hospital] in an unconscious state. He was later declared dead. Another inmate, Rohit is undergoing treatment and is out of danger.”
A second jail official said Tajpuriya, who was lodged in jail number 8-9, was attacked when barracks were opened in the morning. “…Tajpuriya was stabbed with the rod,” said the jail official, asking not to be named.
An officer from the Special Cell of Delhi Police, which is involved in operations against gangsters, said Yogesh alias Tunda and Deepak alias Teetar attacked Tillu by breaking the iron grills of the ward that separated them.
A resident of Tajpur village near Delhi’s Alipur, Tajpuriya was arrested in 2016. Tajpuriya and his gang’s rivalry with Gogi’s gang dated back to 2009 when they were friends but supported different candidates in elections in Swami Shraddhanand College in Outer Delhi.
“Differences arose between them during the elections and the friends became enemies. Their rivalry has claimed over 20 lives since 2013. Gogi was shot dead on September 24, 2021…Tajpuriya emerged as the mastermind behind Gogi’s attack. He was arrested and charge-sheeted in the case,” said the special cell officer.
