New Delhi: The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested a 38-year-old man wanted for the July 2025 murder of national boxing champion Vikas Bhinda.
The suspect, Sumit Rana, had been on the run for over eight months and was officially declared a wanted criminal.
National boxing champion Vikas Bhinda’s Murder
On July 29, 2025, Bhinda was shot dead in Delhi’s Baba Haridas Nagar area. Police stated the attack was carefully planned by a local gang to settle an old rivalry and spread fear in order to extort local businessmen.
Rana, a hotel management graduate who previously worked in Malaysia and Dubai, returned to India in July 2025 and joined forces with his cousin, gang leader Vikas Dahiya. Police identified Rana as the main planner of the murder. Following the shooting, Dahiya handed the murder weapon to Rana, who helped hide it.
While other gang members, including the main shooter Dahiya, were caught earlier this year, Rana managed to evade police by constantly changing his hiding spots across multiple states.
Acting on a secret tip and using technical tracking, a special Crime Branch team finally located Rana. They successfully arrested him in Adarsh Nagar, Delhi, without any conflict.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS) South team arrested six members of the notorious Kachha Baniyan gang following an encounter, police said yesterday.