Stones pelted, shots fired as two families come to blows

A FIGHT between two families in Gurgaon snowballed as the two sides came to blows, with shots being fired and stones pelted, on Friday.theincidentleftthreemen injured. Police said they have arrested 12 people, including a councillor.

According to police, around 9 pm, information was received at Rajendra Park police station regarding gunfire in Dhanwapur. Both groups filed complaints and cross FIRS were registered.

One of the arrested men is a councillor, Navin Dahiya. “Both factionsareneighbours...theissue between them has been going on for a while. On Friday, it resulted inaphysicalaltercation,”saidacp (West) Shiv Archan Sharma. He added that Navin’s brother, Sunil, is a history-sheeter and has cases includingunderthearmsactregistered against him.

An officer said one of the groups alleged interference in their business by the other, which led to the scuffle. At least six vehicles were damaged in the incident. Police said one of the FIRS was registered on the complaints of Himanshu Dahiya, who claimedhisfather,dinesh,wasassaulted in his office by Navin’s men. The other was on a complaint by Navin’s wife, Monika, against Himanshu and others for allegedly assaulting the family.

Bothfirsareundersectionsof the Arms Act and IPC.

CCTV footage of the incident shows a man, allegedly part of Dinesh’s group, ramming his car into three men and getting into a physicalaltercation.anotherman is seen firing at Navin’s family.

Whiledinesh’sfamilyclaimed he was assaulted by Navin’s men onfridayathisoffice,navin’swife said Himanshu and his brother hurled abuses at the councillor and his brothers and started the assault. She further alleged a man fired at their family before going on a rampage with sticks and bricks.

Nine men were arrested in connection with the FIR on the complaint of Himanshu while three were from the other group.