Rohini court shootout accused Tillu Tajpuriya killed by rival gang members in Tihar jail

The main accused in the Rohini court shootout case, gangster Tillu Tajpuriya was allegedly killed in Tihar jail by rival gang members on Tuesday, according to prison officials. Following the incident, the gangster was immediately taken to Delhi's Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where he was declared brought dead. He had suffered multiple stab wounds.

According to police sources, the prisoner that killed him was named Yogesh Tunda and he was lodged in Jain No. 8 and several other members of the rival gang attacked Tillu who was lodged in the adjoining jail cell, with an iron grill.

"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.


"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.

At around 06.15 am, four inmates from the rival Gogi gang (Deepak, Yogesh, Rajesh, & Riyaz Khan) who were housed on the first floor of the same ward attacked Tillu who was living on the ground floor. They did this by using improvised tools to cut open the iron grill that was installed on the first floor of the ward, ANI reported.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Akshat Kaushal said information was received around 7 am from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital regarding two undertrial prisoners from Tihar Jail being brought there.

Of the pair, Tajpuriya was brought in an unconscious state. He was declared brought dead, Kaushal said. Another person, Rohit, is undergoing treatment and is said to be out of danger.

Further investigation into the incident is underway.

On September 24 last year, two shooters shot and killed Jitendra Gogi in Rohini Court No. 207 during a shootout.

Sources had said in September last year, a day before the Rohini shootout, (shooters) Umang and Jagdeep took weapons from a crook named Rakesh Tajpuria in Murthal.

"Then on the same day, Umang and Jagdeep took the dress of lawyers from a person near AIIMS. Meanwhile, Tillu was in constant touch with both of them through WhatsApp calls from jail," sources said.

(With inputs from ANI)