Police announced on Friday the arrest of a former national boxer who had become an active sharpshooter for the Lawrence Bishnoi Gang.

The accused, identified as Abhinav Verma, was wanted in two cases of firing at businessmen in the areas of Kirti Nagar and Farsh Bazar, according to police.

“Three sophisticated pistols and one revolver, along with twelve live cartridges and two scooters, were recovered from the accused person,” police said. They added that Verma was apprehended by the Delhi Police in Rohini.

Police stated that on December 18, 2023, an incident of firing occurred in the area of PS Kirti Nagar, Delhi. “Keeping in view of the sensitivity of the case, multiple teams of Delhi Police started working on it. A team of Special Cell, Southern Range, also started working on the said case. The efforts of the team bore fruit when they came to know that one notorious criminal, namely Abhinav Verma @ Boxer, Delhi, of the infamous Inter-State Rohit Godara, Hasim Baba, and Kala Jatheri (Lawrence Bishnoi Gang), was involved in the said incident,” the police said.

A case has already been registered at the Kirti Nagar police station in Delhi.

Further investigation is underway.