New Delhi: Three men have been arrested in connection with the shooting incident in the Hindu Area Rao here, which killed two people, police said on Sunday.
Rahul alias Charlie (23), Himanshu (21), both residents of Nand Nagri, and Mehtab (52), a resident of Farsh Khana, has been arrested, they said.
The incident occurred on Thursday on Jalan Filmistan North Delhi.
The police said they were hired allegedly by local builders to threaten a businessman, Mohd.
Naeem Ahmed, and Munib’s niece over problems related to property.
On Thursday, the men stopped the businessman’s car and began to fight with him and Munib, they said.
However, some people gathered and beat two of them.
But after a while they managed to escape, police said.
Then, the men returned and fired fire, targeting Ahmed and Munib.
Unfortunately, two passerbus came in their fire line and was killed, police said, added that one of the deceased had been identified as Sanjay Rajput (30) while the other identity was confirmed.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Anto Alphonse said, “Five special teams from North Regency were based on overcoming this case together with Northeast District Teams, special cells, and crime branches.
CCTV record analysis helped the team in identifying the four striker team.” Police said during the initial investigation, studied that several builders in the conscious area of Bazar and Bara Hindu Rao were rivals from the complainant, Ahmed, and Munib’s nephew.
Munib has managed to get order to stay at the construction of the building in Ahata Kidara, and then destroyed.
A builder annoyed with this development and he conspiraced with his partner to complete the score, they said.
Mehtab is one of the relatives of Mitra Builder, they said.
“Technical surveillance has been installed and the source has been deployed to capture builders and colleagues,” Alphonse said.
Acting in tip, Rahul was arrested from the civilian line area and a sophisticated gun with three cartridges confiscated, the officer said.
Simultaneously, through manual and technical intelligence, another team understands Himanshu in Chandigarh and for example, one country weapon with two cartridges is immediately confiscated, said Alphonse.
During interrogation, Rahul and Himanshu revealed that on July 8, they were approached by one of their friends who told them to accompany him to the Hindu Area Rao for some work, he said.
The trio then hired an auto and reached the railway near the Kishanganj station where they met a man who came with a car with his colleagues and gave them the target, Alphonse said.
“As part of the plan, Rahul was sent to the nearest clinic to check whether Munib was there and asked to stop his car when he saw him left.
At first when Rahul stopped the car, he was surrounded by many people who began to beat him.
So, his colleagues Come to save him and then they use firearms according to plan to target Munib and Naeem but they run away with no hurt, “he said.
Mehtab who was also arrested, was revealed to the police during the interrogation that he was asked by one of his relatives to approach Munib and Ahmed to sort out property disputes, said Alphonse.
But when Munib did not agree, he hatched a conspiracy with his builders and relatives to resolve it, DCP said.
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