Six sharpshooters of Chhota Shakeel caught in Delhi: police

New Delhi, July 4 : Six sharpshooters of Chhota Shakeel - one of India's most wanted gangsters - were arrested from different parts of the capital Saturday, police said adding 'some VVIPs' were on their hit list.

'All the six work for Chhota Shakeel, who works for Dawood Ibrahim. They were planning to target some VVIPs in the national capital,' Joint Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P.N. Aggarwal told IANS.

'We have just arrested them and will interrogate them about their purpose and targets in the capital,' he added.

Aggarwal, however, refused to divulge the identity of those arrested. He also refused to divulge if any weapons were recovered from them.

Delhi Police's Special Cell, which arrested the accused, produced the six before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja who sent them to police custody for seven days.

--IANS