CCTV footage shows how gangster Tillu Tajpuriya was stabbed over 90 times in Tihar jail

A shocking CCTV footage from Delhi's Tihar jail has emerged wherein four assailants can be seen brutally stabbing gangster Tillu Tajpuriya to death after dragging him out of his cell over the killing of another gangster Jitenger Gogi.

According to the video footage, the gangster was attacked at least 92 times with injuries found on his head, chest and back.

On May 2, it was reported by prison officials that Tillu was allegedly murdered by members of a rival gang while in Tihar jail. They added that he was rushed to Delhi's Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital but was declared dead on arrival.

Tillu was involved in over 11 criminal cases in Delhi and Haryana that included the 2021 Rohini court shootout in which gangster Jitender Gogi was gunned down. Tillu, a resident of Tajpur Kalan village, studied up to Class 10. He headed his Tillu gang for over a decade and had contacts with some notorious gangsters like Neeraj Bawania, Sunil Bali and Chhenu, police said.

Police officials in the past claimed that Tillu managed to run his gang from inside jail.

He was in jail since 2016, when he was arrested by SIT, Sonipat in Haryana, along with his associate Vikas alias Vicky Kansaliya.

He is survived by his father, who was retired from the MCD, and three siblings.

Tillu was convicted for life in the murder case of Niranjan Master in Sonipat, Haryana. The Delhi Police's Special Cell had also booked him under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), officials said.

It was revealed that Tillu had played an important role in the murder of Jitender Gogi. He was interrogated in judicial custody and had confessed to the crime, following which he was arrested in the case, they said.

Sunil Baliyan alias Tillu Tajpuriya was killed early Tuesday inside Tihar Jail allegedly by four members of the notorious Gogi gang who cut two iron grilles of the high-security prison and stabbed him "40-50 times" with an improvised weapon, officials said.

Tillu's main rival was Gogi, and the two committed sensational crimes. Their gangs clashed on various occasions for dominance, and as a result several incidents of murders took place, police said.

(with PTI inputs)