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Cops arrest key aide of serial killer ‘Dr Death'
New Delhi: Crime Branch of
Delhi Police
arrested a key associate of notorious serial killer Devender Sharma, alias "Dr Death". The accused, Rajender alias Raju (59) — on the run for 21 years — was apprehended on June 14 from Kasimpur, Aligarh, where he was hiding and working as a security guard at a local pump house.
"Rajender was a close associate of Sharma. The duo was part of a gang involved in a series of heinous crimes, including kidnapping and murder of truck and taxi drivers across Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. They used to dispose of the bodies in the crocodile-infested Hazara Canal in Kasganj, UP, while the stolen vehicles were sold in the grey market for Rs 20,000-25,000 each," said DCP (crime) Aditya Gautam.
While absconding in the Delhi case, Rajender was arrested in a separate murder case in Jaipur under a false name and was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2007. He served 14 years in jail till 2021. TNN
