Gurugram Police have arrested four criminals for killing 4-year-old child identified as Bhavya and critically injuring his father Praveen after the bike-borne armed assailants opened fire on the victims on Wednesday night . The incident took place in Pataudi village in Gurugram.
The arrested culprits were identified as Navin alias Kanchi, Harish alias Bhaman, Paramjeet alias Susu and Yaman alias Baiya of Khodi village in Rewari district.
The accused were arrested by a team of crime branch unit Farrukhnagar of the Gurugram police from a Rewari village on Thursday after a tip-off.
"The culprits disclosed before the police that the victim Praveen quarrelled with Harish after having liquor a few days ago to take revenge of the incident from Praveen they had committed the crime and fled the spot," Subhash Boken, spokesperson of the Gurugram police said.
The culprits will be taken on police remand to recover the motorcycle and arms used in the crime, he said.
The incident took place when Bhavya's mother was teaching him inside their house and his father Praveen was present in his ancestral property on Wednesday night.
Soon after the incident the family members of the victims immediately took the injured father-son duo to a trauma centre in Rewari where Bhavya succumbed to his injuries while Praveen is still undergoing treatment.
Based on a complaint lodged by the victims' family members, a by name FIR under section 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder) of IPC had been registered against the four persons at Pataudi police station.