A 20-year-old boy was shot dead behind a Ramlila pandal in Haryana’s Gurugram after a spat with two other men. The incident took place in the Bheem Nagar area in the early hours of Friday.
The victim, identified as Ashish – a resident of Bheem Nagar — worked with a DJ operator and had gone to watch Ramlila (theatrical depiction of Ramayan) with a friend. Police said that the reason behind the altercation is yet to be known.
Police received information about the incident and reached the spot, following which they rushed Ashish to a nearby hospital, where he was declared brought dead. According to a complaint filed by Ashish’s uncle Suraj, the former had gone to watch Ramlila with his friend Karan on Thursday night. Around 1 am on Friday, Suraj received information that Ashish was had been shot.
“After reaching the hospital, Ashish’s friends Karan and Dheeraj told me that he was shot dead by two men — Nishi and Rohan — with whom he had an altercation,” Suraj said in his complaint.
According to police officials, Ashish was shot behind the Ramlila pandal around 12:30 am.
Based on Suraj’s complaint, an FIR has been registered against Nishi and Rohan under Indian Penal Code Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) along with relevant sections of the Arms Act, police said.
Bahi Ram Kataria, sub-Inspector, who is also the investigating officer on this case said that the reason behind the spat is unknown and the accused are on the run, adding that, police will arrest them soon.
PREVIOUS INCIDENTS
A 25-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by his friend in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur on the suspicion that he had stolen his mobile phone.
The victim identified as Vishal Prasad was shot dead by his friend Abhishek Lal on the night of September 16, the officer said.
About the reason behind the incident, the police officer said Abhishek’s mobile was missing and he suspected his friend of stealing it.
Abhishek, a resident of Ranikudar area, had gone to Vishal’s house on Saturday morning and asked him to return his mobile phone. Vishal, however, tried to convince him that he had not stolen his mobile phone and had an argument over the issue.
The accused had called Vishal on that night and took him to Ramdas Bhatta area, where he allegedly shot him in the chest.
In August, a 36-year-old man working as a senior manager in Amazon was shot dead in Subhash Vihar area of North East Delhi’s Bhajanpura after five youths on two-wheelers opened “unprovoked firing” at the man before fleeing the spot, police had said.
The deceased was identified as Harpreet Singh and was declared brought dead at hospital. Hospital’s report said he died of gunshot injury to head, with the entry wound on the right side behind ear – exit on the other side.
Another man, Govind — a Momo place owner — was also injured in the incident and was referred to LNJP hospital.
In another such incident in August, a man was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar following which his wife and her partner were booked by police, an official said.
The 45-year-old Mehrajuddin, owned a brick kiln and was against Shama — his wife — and Akib being in a relationship. So, the duo killed him, said the victim’s brother Nawajuddin in his complaint.
The Circle Officer (CO) said Mehrajuddin was shot when he was sleeping.
(With PTI inputs)
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