A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Panchayat member from Meerut has been shot dead in Batla House area of Delhi on Monday. The victim, Dilshad, was shot four times from point blank range by shooters wearing helmets.
He was rushed to hospital, where he was declared brought dead. “A police control room (PCR) call was received at 6:05 pm about the firing at Delhi South-East District's Jamia Nagar police station, police said. The victim was a resident of Jamia Nagar”, police said.
Initial Enquiry revealed that two persons covering their faces with motorcycle helmets fired four rounds of bullets at the victim Dilshad. The two accused then fled the scene and escaped into the streets, police stated.
The victim was taken to the hospital in an e-rickshaw but was declared dead at Holy Family Hospital in Okhla Road, police said. A case has been registered at Jamia Nagar police station. Further investigation is underway, police said.