| Suspected assassin of underworld don ‘Bakra,’ shot dead in Mohali | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 4: Gangster Rajesh Dogra, also known as Mohan Chir, was fatally shot outside a mall on Airport Road in Sector 67, Mohali, on Monday afternoon, according to police reports. The incident, involving five assailants from a rival gang, resulted in Dogra’s death.
Police recovered 19 cartridges from the scene. Dogra, who had recently been released from jail and was involved in multiple cases, was attacked while speaking on the phone and accompanied by two individuals. The attackers, driving a Hyundai Creta and a Toyota Innova, ambushed Dogra as soon as he arrived at the mall in a Mahindra Scorpio.
They swiftly opened fire before fleeing the scene. One of the individuals accompanying Dogra was detained by the police, and a case was filed against the five assailants.
Preliminary investigations suggest that the incident was a consequence of ongoing rivalry between two gangs from Jammu.
The perpetrators, whose identities remain unknown, arrived in a SUV with a Punjab license plate and another vehicle from Jammu. Although two additional individuals accompanied the gangster from Jammu, only he was targeted in the attack.
Chandigarh police arrived at the scene and took custody of the gangster’s body, initiat Gangster Rajesh Dogra, also known as Mohan Chir, was fatally shot outside a mall.
Police recovered 19 cartridges from the scene.
The attackers ambushed Dogra as soon as he arrived at the mall in a Mahindra Scorpio.
A notorious criminal namely Rajesh Dogra alias Mohan Chir was the main accused in the infamous Bakra murder case.
It may be recalled that in a shocking incident, which later turned out to be a gang war, Sanjay Kumar alias Bakra, a notorious criminal was shot dead at Trikuta Nagar, on November 25, 2006, at a private doctor’s residence.
The main accused Rajesh Dogra was charge-sheeted under section 302/382/109 RPC and 3/25 Arms Act on the allegation that on account of gang rivalry Rajesh Dogra and other accused persons hatched a conspiracy to eliminate the deceased.
In furtherance of the conspiracy, he and another co-accused Vishal Singh shot dead Sanjay Kumar in the clinic of prosecution witness Dr. Rattan Kudiyar at Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, and while leaving the spot other accused also took away the revolver of the deceased.
In November 2021, PSA was slapped on Mohan Chir who was booked under various FIRs but was evading his arrest since the lodge of FIRs, has finally been arrested and booked under Sec. 8 (1) (a) of J&K Public Safety Act 1978.
On September 30, 2023 Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court quashed the detention under PSA of Rajesh Dogra. |
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