4 men go on killing spree, open indiscriminate fire in Bhajanpura

NEW DELHI: Four masked men went on the rampage at a crowded market in northeast Delhi on Tuesday morning, firing indiscriminately on a busy road killing a 45-year-old

NEW DELHI: Four masked men went on the rampage at a crowded market in northeast Delhi on Tuesday morning, firing indiscriminately on a busy road killing a 45-year-old man and injuring three others, including a 16-year-old boy.

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In a bid to escape, the men, who blindly fired over 15 rounds, ran their car over a man crossing the road. The incident happened around 8am at the Wazirabad Market in Northeast Delhi’s Bhajanpura.

The men, who have not been identified yet, managed to flee. A case was registered but no arrests were made till late Tuesday night.

According to the police, the men, who came in a white Swift car targeted Kailash Gupta (45), a property dealer, and his son Rajan Gupta (16). The father-son duo was on a bike when the men stopped the car and opened fire. The duo lost their balance and fell on the ground. While the men managed to gun down Kailash by pumping two bullets in his chest, Rajan ducked and saved himself. He then ran towards a tea stall in the area.

Turning to Rajan, the men fired three more rounds. One bullet hit Rajan’s leg but he managed to get inside the tea stall. The men opened fire again, injuring a 50-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, Ram Lakhan, who was having tea.

A man who works at the tea stall, said, “The men were on a killing spree. They were firing bullets as if bursting crackers. Even after killing one person, and injuring two, the madness did not stop and the men again fired rounds in the air, this time, injuring a passerby, Banwari, who was hiding behind a shop. The bullet hit his leg. The men, who had covered their faces with handkerchiefs, fled.”

In a bid to flee, the men hit one Javed who was crossing the road. “After they fired indiscriminately, they sped off and after crossing a few metres, they ran over a person who was crossing the road. They ran over his leg and he was critically injured,” an eyewitness said.

One of the onlookers made a PCR call. All the injured were rushed to the hospital.

“We have zeroed down on a few suspects and arrests will be made soon. It appears to be a case of personal enmity. The men had come to kill the property dealer and his son. A case has been registered and investig ation is on,” DCP, northeast, AK Singla said.