Yesterday, the Delhi court sent four, accused in the murder case of gangster Tillu Tajpuria, to four-day police custody. The gangster was attacked by a group of rival gang members with an iron rod and stabbed with a 'sua' 40 times inside Tihar Jail.

The accused, identified as Deepak, Yogesh, Riyaz Khan and Rajesh Bawana, were arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell. They were produced before the court via video conferencing.

The special cell initially sought seven-day police custody for the accused, but Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria agreed to four-day custody and listed the matter for further hearing on May 12.

Gangster Tillu Tajpuria, who was an accused in Delhi's Rohini court shootout in 2021, was killed in Tihar’s Mandoli Jail on May 2.

Tajpuriya was taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital in Delhi, where he was declared dead, officials said.

Hospital authorities said the gangster was brought in an unconscious state and was pronounced dead at around 6.30 am.