BJP functionary shot at by three men in Gurgaon

GURGAON: An aspiring BJP leader, who had sought the party ticket during the recently held municipal elections, was allegedly shot at on Sunday morning at a petrol pump on Pataudi road.

The police said three assailants riding a bike to the Boxer petrol pump shot at Sandeep Mahlawat, a resident of Gadoli village around 11am, when he was sitting inside his Toyota Fortuner car.

A case was registered at the

› A bullet grazed past the victim but he did not suffer any major injury. The accused escaped after the attack but we have obtained the CCTV footage from the petrol pump. SUMIT KUMAR, Sumit Kumar

Sector 10 police station against unidentified men as the victim has not named any suspects. However, the police is exploring the possibility of gang war behind the attack.

Mahlwat was rushed to a private hospital. “A bullet grazed past the victim and he did not suffer any major injury. The accused escaped after the attack but we have obtained the CCTV footage from the petrol pump and the accused will be nabbed soon,” said Sumit Kumar, Sumit Kumar.

As per the police, the three attackers can be seen coming to the petrol pump on a bike and they targeted the victim, who had come to get the tyre pressure checked. Mahlawat was a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary at the district level and had been sought a party ticket to fight the corporation election.

He is a property dealer by profession and police is looking at both political as well real estate angles to probe the crime, officials said.

It is also being ascertained whether he had crossed paths with members of San deep Ga do li gang, which still has a toehold in the area despite the death of their leader in a police encounter in February 2016.

On October 1, a 22-year old man was allegedly shot dead in Basai village after he consumed liquor with his friends.

The accused was returning home when he was accosted by criminals, who shot him dead inside his office apparently over a financial dispute.

On September 8, am an identified as I ly as and a woman accompanying him were shot by a group of criminals in apparent gang war. The man later succumbed to injuries whereas the woman survived the attack.