A 30-year-old salesman of a sweetmeat shop was shot at for delay in serving jalebi in Gole Market area. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening and the accused was arrested when he was trying to flee from the spot.
Police sources said that the accused Neeraj Kumar works with CMS Security Solutions as cashvan guard and had come to the shop with his cronies. The incident took place around 7.30 pm when the accused identified as Neeraj Kumar ordered 500 grams of jalebi at Kaleva. “Since there was a rush at the counter, it took a little longer for the salesman, Satender Singh, to serve. Angered with this, the accused started screaming and abusing the victim and whipped out his 9 mm pistol and shot him in the head,” the officer added.
The victim was first taken to lady Hardinge Medical Hospital and later shifted to Ram Manohar lohia Hospital where his condition is said to be critical. A case of murder has been registered at Mandir Marg police station and the accused arrested. The pistol was also seized. “After arresting the accused, we are ascertaining whether the pistol was his own or belonged to the company,” police said.