Firing, stone pelting after argument at wedding in south Delhi, one killed
NEWDELHI: A 24-year-old man was killed and two of his friends suffered gunshot wounds in a clash between two groups outside a wedding venue in south Delhi’s Dakshinpuri on Thursday night.
The clash reportedly started with an argument over a man accidentally grazing his shoulder against another man. The war of words resulted in firing and stone pelting.
RP Upadhyay, joint commissioner of police (south), said three people were detained in connection with the incident.
A case was registered at the Ambedkar Nagar police station.
“We have identified few attackers. Rangeela, Ashish and their associates are in our custody. Rangeela was previously involved in a criminal case. We are questioning them to identify others. Arrests will follow,” said Upadhyay.
As many as half-a-dozen bullets were fired allegedly by the group using countrymade weapons. A man from the other group died on the spot after he was shot at in the abdomen. The deceased was identified as Shekhar Yadav. Two others — Harmeet alias Montu and Vikas alias Vicky — were hit in their chest and leg, respectively. They were admitted to a nearby hospital. Vicky was discharged after treatment.
Police said Montu was earlier involved in an attempt to murder case. They said members of both groups were hurt in stone pelting.
Yadav, who worked at a private finance office in Okhla, is survived by his parents, two brothers and a sister. His family members told HT that on Thursday evening, he along with his friends had gone to attend a neighbour’s wedding in D block.
The family alleged their son died in celebratory firing.
“Around midnight, they were returning home when some people opened fire outside another wedding venue about 100 metres from the venue that Yadav visited. We don’t know who the attackers were and why did they fire at our boys. We suspect our boys became victims of a celebratory firing,” said Sunil Kumar, Yadav’s uncle.
The police, however, denied that there was any celebratory firing in the area. A senior police officer said at the wedding venue where the victims were present, one of them entered into an argument after another man from a different group grazed his shoulder against his body.
The group led by Montu thrashed the men from the other group. The rival group informed his friends about the fight over phone and asked them to reach the venue. As the rival group gathered more men, members of Montu’s group hid themselves at another wedding venue. Their opponents, however, decided to wait outside and leave only after taking revenge.
Around midnight, as Montu and his friends left for their homes, the rival group opened fire at them. They also pelted stones at each other. “We are examining CCTV camera footage of the locality to establish the sequence of events and identify the absconding attackers,” the officer said.