Man shoots friend over sister’s suspected relationship

A 20-year-old man was arrested for fatally shooting his friend in Delhi, suspecting him of dating his sister. The victim was an AC repair mechanic.

Published on: Aug 10, 2025, 03:46:05 IST

By Jignasa Sinha

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A 20-year-old man has been arrested for shooting his friend dead late on Friday in northeast Delhi’s Nand Nagri, police said, adding that the accused suspected his friend was dating his sister.

Yadav was arrested and the weapon was also recovered. (Representational image)

According to police, the victim, Kapil Suresh, 28, worked as an AC repair mechanic. He was sitting at a tailor’s shop on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday when Shivam Yadav walked in and shot him dead before fleeing.

“The injured was taken to GTB Hospital where doctors declared him dead. A case of murder and the Arms Act was registered at Nand Nagri police station,” DCP (northeast) Ashish Mishra said.

Suresh and Yadav are friends and lived in the same locality, police said.

Investigating officers said the two fought a few weeks back after Suresh got drunk. “He misbehaved with Yadav’s wife and they had a fight. In addition, Yadav recently suspected that Suresh was dating his younger sister and this upset and angered him. He first had a fight with his sister and later decided to kill Suresh. He followed Suresh after work and killed him with a pistol he procured with help of a friend,” said an officer.

Yadav was arrested and the weapon was also recovered.

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Jignasa Sinha
Jignasa Sinha is a Special Correspondent at Hindustan Times in New Delhi. With more than six years of reporting experience, she covers crime and policing in the national capital. Her beats also include Delhi prisons, the Delhi Fire Services and Delhi courts, while she regularly reports on gender, labour and social justice. Over the course of her career, Jignasa has reported on major criminal investigations, international crime syndicates, high-profile cyber fraud cases, law-and-order developments, protests, disasters and public institutions. Her reporting combines breaking news with in-depth, long form, human interest stories that examine the human impact of public policy, policing and the criminal justice system. In addition to reporting for the newspaper, she contributes to the Hindustan Times website and app, and plays an active role in coordinating on-ground coverage of major developments and breaking news across Delhi. Before joining Hindustan Times, Jignasa worked at The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi, where she spent five years covering crime, Delhi airport, courts and health. She began her journalism career as an intern at an AI magazine in Bengaluru while pursuing her postgraduate diploma in multimedia journalism at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media.Read More

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