Public watching, man shoots rival in N-E Delhi’s Brahmpuri
CCTV footage of incident showed 54-year-old Mohammad Hasan being shot at close range; one of his assailant’s guns jammed, potentially saving him from fatal injuries; police said the attacker has been identified
NEWDELHI: A man armed with two pistols — one in each hand — opened fire on a 54-year-old man in the crowded and narrow lanes of northeast Delhi’s Brahmpuri on Thursday evening.
The man was injured, but is out of danger, the police said.
Police said that the men, both from a village near Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, are acquainted and the attack was the fallout of a rivalry. The attacker has been identified and efforts to arrest him are underway, police said.
The man who was shot at was identified as Mohammad Hasan, owner of a jeans manufacturing unit in Loni, Ghaziabad.
A CCTV footage of the attack, showing the assailant brazenly pointing two pistols at Hasan, who was sitting pillion on a bike, was also widely shared on social media. As soon as the attack starts, Hasan and his friend fall from the bike. Immediately, the attacker is seen firing the other pistol, as the pistol he fired first jammed.
In the footage, an accomplice of the attacker, also holding a pistol, is seen standing behind him. Locals, including a young girl, are seen running to take shelter. The attacker and his accomplice can be seen fleeing the area as locals gather upon hearing the gunshots.
Deputy commissioner of police (northeast), Ved Prakash Surya, said that Hasan sustained a bullet injury to his back. “We got a call about the incident around 6pm. A police team that reached the spot was told that the attacker fired two rounds at Hasan and his friend. While the other man managed to escape, Hasan was hit. He was rushed to GTB Hospital before being shifted to Max Hospital in Patparganj. He is out of danger but is unfit to give a statement,” he said.
Surya said that during a preliminary probe, Hasan’s family members revealed that Hasan and the attacker knew each other. “Both belong to the same village in UP. The attack is suspected
CCTV GRAB
A man armed with two pistols — one in each hand — opened fire on a 54-year-old man in the crowded and narrow lanes of northeast Delhi’s on Thursday evening Two masked men carrying pistols and knives almost pulled off a robbery at a bank in east Delhi’s One of them was chased and arrested by police
A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death in
Crime caught on CCTV.
Two alleged criminals were injured in a shootout with police in A third associate of the men escaped unhurt and surrendered. to be a fallout of an old enmity. We are yet to ascertain the exact reason. We have identified the attacker and teams have been formed to raid his possible hideouts,” the DCP said.
This is the second incident this week in which a man was shot at publically. On Tuesday, a property A 45-year-old property dealer, who had contested the 2012 civic body elections, was shot dead in Two men followed the car of an additional sessions judge for almost three kilometres, smashed the rear window and fled with her purse. dealer was shot dead, when he stepped out of his office, in Dwarka. The man was chased and shot at thrice. The police later arrested the cousin of an absconding gangster in connection with the murder. The attack was in retaliation of a previous attack, the police said.
A journalist targeted by motorcycle-borne snatchers, who make away with her mobile phone, in
Couple chased by two gun-wielding snatchers on a motorcycle on the streets of central Delhi’s
They fall from their two-wheeler, get injured
A gang of suspected robbers and a police team exchange bullets outside the busy
in east Delhi at 10.45am. Later, two men on a motorcycle snatch the phone of a woman in south Delhi’s
Victim is injured.
The attack is suspected to be a fallout of an old enmity. We are yet to ascertain the exact reason. We have identified the attacker and teams have been formed to raid his possible hideouts.