Aprivate security guard was shot dead on the intervening night on Wednesday and Thursday in East Delhi’s Shakarpur area. The deceased has been identified as Rajeev (28). Three people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the matter.
“A PCR call was received at 12:45am on Thursday and the police officials immediately rushed to the spot. Both
the families have some old dispute and were agitated due to this. Than Singh, Rajkumar and Dheeraj have been arrested,” said a police official.
On May 12, in Noida Sector-55, an argument broke out between two families. Ram Prakash and his son Rajeev got into a brawl with Than Singh and his son Rajkumar. By the end of the heated argument, Than Singh and his son beat up Ram Prakash.
Following the incident, an agitated Rajeev along with his associates went after Rajkumar and family in two cars. Rajkumar was returning from a ceremony with his family. On getting an opportunity near Pushta road, Rajeev parked his cars around Rajkumar’s vehicle and started beating him up. On seeing this Than Singh and his other son Dheeraj came out. Than Singh with his licensed revolver fired at Rajeev on his stomach and thigh. Rajeev was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. Than Singh (47) and his two sons Rajkumar (20) and Dheeraj (23) were arrested by the police.
Cross FIR’s have been registered in this regard. One being that of sections 304/34 under the Indian Penal code (IPC) by Rajeev’s family and the other of 341, 323 under the sections of IPC by Rajkumar’s family.