Four men, including a former sarpanch, were seriously injured and dozen others were hurt in a clash between two groups following a minor dispute over standing near a local shop at Bamdoli village in Gurugram late on Sunday night.
Four of the accused have been admitted to a private hospital. The victim, Joginder Yadav, a resident of Bamdoli village, was standing at a village shop and was smoking at around 11.30 pm when the accused Akash alias Ashu reached the spot and raised objection over his presence at the spot. This led to an altercation between them.
It is alleged that Akash called dozens of his group members including Sunny who joined him and they allegedly attacked Joginder Singh with sticks. Later Yadav also called up his men including his two maternal uncles Shamsher and Snesh Kumar and a full-fledged fistfight broke out between the two groups.
Akash and his aides then allegedly took out their sticks and weapons and fired dozens of rounds on members of the other group.
Sources said that during the incident, a bullet hit a former sarpanch reportedly Shamsher in the stomach. Apart from Shamsher, Snesh Kumar, Praveen and Manoj were critically injured. Several others also suffered injuries in the clash.
All of them were taken to a private hospital in Gurugram. Shamsher, who is stated to be critical, is in the ICU.
"The accused will be arrested as per law once they are discharged from the hospital.
The firearm of the culprit, which was allegedly used in the commission of the crime, has also been seized," said a police officer privy with the matter.
"Based on a complaint from Joginder, a case of various sections of the IPC has been registered against Akash, Sunny, Akash's parents Azad and Kamlesh and others at Sector-10A police station. We are scanning CCTV footage of the vicinity. Investigations are under way to identify others involved in the incident," said Sanjay Yadav, SHO sector-10A police station.
A huge police force has been deployed inside the village as security purposes, he said.
It may be noted that Akash, the prime accused in this incident had eliminated a co-student inside his school premises with his father's licensed pistol in 2008 in Gurugram.
The school was located at Sector-45 in Gurugram. The incident hit the headlines across the country and serious concern was aroused about the safety of the children inside the school premises.
The accused was also involved in two murder cases registered against him in Delhi.