NEW DELHI: In Najafgarh, 22-year-old Vikram Poonia, studied till Class 12 was living with his sister and mother. Vikram followed something very unusual to become famous.
He wanted to become a gangster thus, before forming his own gang he decided to learn the tricks by joining local gangs. Poonia soon started getting famous because of his extravagant habit of drinking only imported beer and smoking expensive cigarettes.
- Soon he gained popularity among local youths because of his lavish lifestyle, and they started looking up to him. Poonia started charging Rs 2,500 from people who wanted to click a selfie with him. Soon he formed his own gang along with two criminals Sagar and Akash. Two juveniles were also included in it.
- The gang came on the police’s radar as many crimes were happening and most importantly after the robbery of an Ola cab in the area on Sunday. The police became more active and busted the gang on Wednesday. A team led by SI Naveen Kumar apprehended all five, including the juveniles.
On Sunday evening, Poonia and his gang booked an Ola cab from a stolen mobile phone. while four of them boarded the cab, the fifth one followed it on the bike they had stolen recently. On their way to Pandvala village, one of the criminals asked the driver, Ajeet, to stop the cab on a desolate stretch as he was feeling uneasy.
As soon as the driver stopped the car, the gang members overpowered him at gunpoint and fled with the vehicle.
After getting to know about Poonia’s selfie saga, cops managed to track him along with his associates near Jhatikra village in outer Delhi.
