Two gunned down in Capital, two of four killers held

NEWDELHI: Two men with criminal records were shot dead on Wednesday night allegedly by four persons known to them near Saket in south Delhi, police said.

While the police have arrested two of the alleged killers, the remaining two are on the run, senior officers said. Police said the murder was a fallout of a dispute as the gang suspected one of the deceased men to be a police informer. Police identified the two dead men were Sanjay Pal and Abdul Ali, both residents of Geeta colony in east Delhi.

A senior police officer who did not wish to be named said they received a call on Wednesday at 8.56pm, reporting that a man had been shot in the leg and was lying next to a drain close to a residential colony at Mehrauli-badarpur Road in Saket. “A police team that reached the spot found that the injured man had already been rushed to AIIMS for treatment. A police team that reached the hospital found that the man had been pronounced dead,” the officer said. Meanwhile, another team thoroughly inspected the crime scene and found a blood trail. Police found the wall near the drain broken and discovered some liquor and water bottles as well as cigarette packets. “Further inspection also led to the recovery of a blood-soaked mobile phone and an abandoned white Santro car parked nearby,” the officer added.