Delhi Court Shootout Accused Killed In Jail, Body Had 92 Injury Marks

Jailed gangster Tillu Tajpuriya was killed in an attack by rival gang members inside Delhi's Tihar Jail this morning. The preliminary autopsy report said the body had 92 wound marks.

Tillu Tajpuriya, alias Sunil Mann, was thrashed with sharp-edged weapons allegedly by gangster Yogesh Tunda and his aides in the high-security prison, officials said.

He was taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, where he was declared dead, the police said.

Another prisoner, Rohit, was also injured in the attack. He is said to be out of danger now.

Yogesh Tunda, Deepak Teetar, Riyaj Khan and Rajesh, broke the iron grills of their ward on the first floor of the prison. They attacked Tillu, who had been kept in a ground floor ward with his other gang members, with the same rods, officials said.

The four members of the rival Gogi gang used bedsheets to climb down to the ground floor.

Tillu was the prime conspirator in the 2021 Rohini Court shootout in which gangster Jitender Gogi was killed.

Two members of the Tillu gang, dressed as lawyers, shot dead Jitender Gogi inside the Rohini court on September 24, 2021. Both were then killed in retaliatory firing by the police.

"Two men dressed as lawyers opened fire at Jitender Gogi inside the court. That's when police retaliated and killed those two assailants. It's not a gang war," police had told NDTV.

The shooting was the result of a rivalry of years between Jitender Gogi's gang and the Tillu gang.

The instruction to kill Jitender Gogi was given on phone by Tillu Tajpuriya, police said.

Police have launched a probe into the killing of Tillu Tajpuriya.

This is the second case of violence and gang rivalry in Tihar jail in a month. Last month, Prince Tewatia, a close aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, was killed in Tihar jail by rival gang members.