Boxer Sumit Dahiya and his cousin Aman, 20, were arrested from Hotel Primero in Gurgaon during a raid in the intervening night of July 23-24 by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police. &quot;Sumit is pursuing B.A. third year from Delhi University&#39;s Rajdhani college. He is a national level boxer. He had won thrice the gold prize in All India Boxing championship played in 2011, 2012 and 2013,&quot; Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Ravindra Yadav told IANS. &quot;The accused have national level and prominent Olympians in their family,&quot; the officer added. The boxer was arrested during Delhi Police searches in west Delhi&#39;s Palam and Gurgaon for the associates of Amit Dahiya, who was killed July 22 during a shootout at Sannoth village in north Delhi&#39;s Narela area, police said. The duo live in Delhi&#39;s Pooth Khurd village with their family members, police said. <img alt="" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jul/boxer-carjacking.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 348px;" /> Representational Pic Amit Dahiya had reached the spot with associate Parveen, who is now on the run, after robbing at gunpoint a big car near Sachdeva Public School in north Delhi&#39;s Rohini, the police said. Sumit was present in Rohini in another car along with Aman, Amit and Parveen July 22 when they planned to hijack a new, big car. &quot;After the carjacking, Amit and Parveen moved towards Narela&#39;s Sannoth village where the encounter took place around 3.15 p.m. However, Sumit and his cousin went to another place in their car,&quot; said Yadav. He said when constables Baljit Singh Chahal and A.S. Bohara spotted the robbed car without number plates near Sannoth village, they challenged the occupants. During a scuffle with the policemen, Amit opened fire and constable Baljeet Singh was hit by a bullet in his thigh, police aid. The constables fired in retaliation, and Amit was injured, while Parveen managed to escape, police said. Amit died on way to hospital. &quot;Parveen hid himself at a place and called Sumit to take him away from there. Sumit and his cousin then picked up Parveen from his hideout and assisted him to escape,&quot; said the officer. &quot;They themselves planned to flee to Rajasthan. However, they were apprehended,&quot; the officer informed.

A 21-year-old national level boxer was arrested from Gurgaon, bordering the national capital, along with his cousin in connection with a carjacking, police said on Wednesday.

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