Delhi man shot dead in Raghubir Nagar, one held

A 30-year-old man was shot dead in west Delhi’s Raghubir Nagar late Monday night by four unidentified men. On Tuesday, police arrested one of the accused who was

A 30-year-old man was shot dead in west Delhi’s Raghubir Nagar late Monday night by four unidentified men. On Tuesday, police arrested one of the accused who was caught on CCTV camera footage allegedly dragging the body of the man before fleeing the spot after the murder. Efforts to arrest the rest and to ascertain the reason behind the murder are in progress, police said.

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The arrested man was identified as Deepak Shukla, a resident of Shivaji Enclave in Raghubir Nagar who worked as a local area financer. Police said they got a call late Monday night from the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital reporting that a man had been admitted with gunshot injury and pronounced dead.

At the hospital, police found that the deceased, Gaurav Mahto, 30, was also a resident of the same area. During enquiry, police found an eyewitness who told them that around 8.30pm on Monday, he, Gaurav and two of their friends were partying at one of their houses in Raghubir Nagar.

Deputy commissioner of police (west) Deepak Purohit said the witness told police that about half-an-hour later, four men arrived and started an argument with one of their friends. “During the argument the men also fired 2-3 gunshots in the air to scare them. Seeing this, Mahto intervened and one of them then opened fire at him. As he collapsed, the men fled the spot. One of them, later identified as Deepak Shukla, however, stopped for a while and dragged Mahto’s body out, abandoning it on the roadside,” the DCP said.

During investigation, police teams checked CCTV camera footage from the area and the man who had dragged the body was identified. “He was identified and raids were conducted at his possible hideouts. We managed to zero in on him within 12 hours of the murder and he was arrested,” Purohit said.

Shukla is being questioned and efforts to arrest the other men involved in the murder and to ascertain the reason behind the murder are underway, the DCP said.