DRESSED AS WOMEN, ASSAILANTS GUN DOWN ONE, INJURE 7 OUTSIDE ROHTAK COURT
Two attackers open fire at history sheeter Ramesh Lohar when he was coming out with his accomplices after attending hearing in a case
ROHTAK: In second incident of suspected gang war within a week, unidentified persons, dressed as women, opened fired outside police-fortified court complex in Rohtak, killing one and injuring seven others in broad daylight on Tuesday.
Police have said two assailants opened fire at history sheeter Ramesh Lohar when he was coming out of the court with his accomplices after attending the hearing of a Section 307 (attempt to murder) trial against him.
While Lohar suffered a bullet injury in his leg, seven people became victims of the indiscriminate firing. The assailants, however, managed to flee the spot after firing over 15 rounds of shots.
Victims included Lohar’s accomplice Sanjit Malik of Bhainswal village, who came in for his rescue but suffered several bullets. He was pronounced dead during treatment at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS). Others admitted include Ramesh Nandal, Sundar Kumar, Manjeet Yadav, Vijay Kumar, Sonu and Deepak.
Rohtak SP Pankaj Nain said an old enmity between Lohar and Naresh Kala, both from Rohtak’s Bohar village, is being suspected as the reason behind the shooting. Nain added that CCTV footage is being checked to ascertain the identities of the assailants, who eyewitnesses said came on a motorcycle and had their faces covered and were wearing black salwar and kameez.
Meanwhile, a few hours later, SP rejigged six station house officers in the district, shunting out inspector Ramesh from the Civil Lines police station, under which the court complex falls, as a possible fallout of lapses in the security.
This is the second incident of gang war outside court complex in Haryana within a week. On March 22, an ex-sarpanch, who was also a murder undertrial, was killed by shooters outside Jhajjar court complex.
SP REJIGS 6 SHOs IN THE DISTRICT, SHUNTING OUT INSPECTOR RAMESH FROM THE CIVIL LINES POLICE STATION, UNDER WHICH THE COURT COMPLEX FALLS