Ghaziabad: One killed, two hurt as security guard fires at sleeping workers

Ghaziabad: One man died while two others were injured when a 46-year-old security guard early Tuesday allegedly opened indiscriminate fire at some workers of a private firm in the Bulandshahr Industrial Area

Ghaziabad: One man died while two others were injured when a 46-year-old security guard early Tuesday allegedly opened indiscriminate fire at some workers of a private firm in the Bulandshahr Industrial Area.

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Police said the suspect was nabbed by a police team during a search operation and 18 live cartridges were recovered allegedly from his possession.

The suspect, Gyandendra Singh, from Farukkhabad in Uttar Pradesh, was booked for murder and attempt to murder (sections 302 and 307, of the Indian Penal Code, respectively) in an FIR lodged at the Kavi Nagar police station. The police also levied provisions of the Arms Act.

The deceased victim was identified as Raju Yadav, from Siwan in Bihar, while the two injured were identified as Umesh Kumar and Vijay Kumar. All nine workers on which licensed fun was allegedly fired were engaged in welding and grinding jobs at the company.

The incident took place around 3.30am at the guard room situated near the main entrance of the firm, where the nine workers were sleeping.

“After firing three shots, we heard more shots being fired in the air. The suspect was searching for another guard, Satish Kumar, with whom he had had a fight and whom he wanted to kill. But Satish was sleeping in the other room. Yadav (the victim) had the night shift, but he came back early from work and went to sleep. After firing the shots, the suspect latched the room from outside and fled to a nearby park,” the survivor added in his police complaint.

The workers then called up the police emergency helpline number and a team was rushed.

“The suspect was nabbed from the industrial area after a three hour search. He tried to resist but our team overpowered him. We seized his licensed gun and live cartridges. The suspect had a fight with one other guard (Satish Kumar) and fired into the workers’ room thinking he must be asleep there. But Satish was in the other room and the suspect ended up killing another worker and injuring two others. The victim was rushed to a hospital but was declared dead. The two injured victims are stable,” said Nipun Agarwal, superintendent of police (city 1).