U’khand cops in Delhi to check on securityman

Dehradun : A team of Uttarakhand Police has been sent to Delhi to collect details on the alleged role of Sachin Tyagi, the gunner of Uttarakhand Minorities Commission’s chairman Sukhdev Singh Namdhari, in the Saturday shootout case that led to the killing of liquor baron Gurdeep Singh Chadha alias Ponty and his brother Hardeep Chadha at a farmhouse in South Delhi.

Sources in Uttarakhand Police said Namdhari, considered to be a close associate of Ponty, had told Uttarakhand Police about Tyagi’s detention at Mehrauli police station in South Delhi.

There have been reports that Namdhari was present at the farmhouse at the time of the shootout.

Director General of Police Satyabrat Bansal confirmed the departure of a police team. “We have no official information from Delhi Police regarding the detention of Sachin Tyagi. We have sent a police team to Delhi. I would also talk to the authorities concerned in Delhi Police to extend our help,” Bansal said.