Bhopal

4 booked for opening fire at gym operator

Staff Reporter

Aishbagh police have booked four persons who opened fired at a 26-year-old gym operator at Bagh Dilkhusha late in the night on Tuesday.

Panic prevailed at Bagh Dilkhusha area when the accused identified as Salim alias Tajwar, his son Zainul, Yawar and their aide Bilal attacked the victim Asif Khan. 

The victim used to run a gym at Bagh Dilkhusha in rented place owned by the main accused Salim.

The two had long dispute over the property.

The victim was not willing to leave the place which was the reason behind the dispute and had also produced fake lease documents in the court after which a case of fraud was registered against victim and his family by MP Nagar police.

The victim has vacated the place. On Tuesday night when the victim was at the gym Salim along with his two son and one aide reached the place and started to assault the victim and later fired at him injuring him in his leg and escaped the spot.

SHO Aishbagh Ajay Nayar said that the victim sustained injury in his thigh in which the bullet pierced his leg.

His condition is stable. In the case no arrest has been made and search has been started to nab the accused, case filed, he added. Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 307 of the IPC and started further investigation.