20-year-old arrested for shooting man dead in Delhi's Pooth Khurd

20-year-old arrested for shooting man dead in Delhi's Pooth Khurd

New Delhi, The Delhi Police has arrested a 20-year-old youth for allegedly killing a man in a bid to take revenge with his associate over old enmity, an official said on Saturday.

20-year-old arrested for shooting man dead in Delhi's Pooth Khurd

The accused, identified as Nikhil, a resident of Pooth Khurd, was arrested from Rohini's Sector-34, they said.

The matter came to light when a PCR call was received at Bawana police station reporting that a man had been shot in Pooth Khurd on Sultanpur Dabas Road on March 8.

A police team rushed to the spot and found an unconscious man lying near a scooty with a gunshot injury. The victim was identified as Bhupender. He was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him dead, police said.

Subsequently, a case was registered under 103 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Arms Act were registered, and an investigation was launched to trace the accused persons involved in the crime.

Nikhil was arrested from Sector-34 in Rohini and confessed to his involvement during interrogation. He disclosed that on the day of the incident, he, along with his associates Devraj, Sumit and a juvenile, had gone to Raj Vatika in Pooth Khurd, where he and Devraj opened fire at Bhupender.

Devraj had a dispute with the victim, and the attack was carried out to take revenge, police said.

They said that they have apprehended the juvenile, while the other two accused Devraj and Sumit are currently absconding.

Efforts are being made to locate the accused and arrest them.

Police said Nikhil studied up to Class 10 and grew up in Pooth Khurd village. His father works as a labourer in Delhi.

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