A bizarre incident has come to light from Shahjahanpur district where a 21-year-old pizza delivery boy was allegedly shot at by two men for refusing to accept a torn Rs 200 note on Wednesday.
The victim, Sachin Kashyap, was rushed to the district hospital from where he was taken to a specialised medical centre in Bareilly. His condition is said to be critical.
The accused. Nadeem Khan (27) and his brother Naeem (29), had ordered a pizza over phone when the outlet was about to close at 11 pm on Wednesday.
At around 11:30 pm, Sachin and his colleague, Ritik Kumar, delivered the food and left after taking payment. The colleagues then went to buy a soft drink with the Rs 200 note that they were paid with. However, the shopkeeper told them it was torn and refused to accept it. The two immediately went back, knocked on Nadeem's door, and requested him to replace the note.
However, Nadeem got angry and started abusing them. Soon, his brother came out and allegedly shot at Sachin with a country-made pistol. After hearing the gunshot, a neighbour informed the police.
Station House Officer of Sadar Bazaar, Amit Pandey, said an FIR was registered against the accused Nadeem Khan and his brother Naeem.
The two were arrested and country-made pistols were recovered from their possession.
The SHO said, several teams had been deployed in the area to nab the accused brothers.
Meanwhile, in an old enmity in Rae Bareli, two youths riding a motorcycle shot at another youth who was going to Rae Bareli from Barabanki to bring kanwar, near Chandapura turn on Thursday night. The injured was admitted to the district hospital in a serious condition.
An FIR was registered against two brothers in the case.
Reports said that Sant Prasad, a resident of Kanhupur police station in Loni Katra area of Barabanki, along with his three companions, was going with kanwar to bring holy water from Dalmau in Rae Bareli.
Kanwariya fill water in Dalmau and performs jalabhishek at Lodheshwar Mahadev temple in Barabanki. Sant Prasad had reached near Chandapura turn of Shivgarh on foot along with his companions, when two motorcycle-borne youths, Alok and Deepak, from the village came from behind and opened fire at Sant Prasad. The miscreants fled the spot after committing the crime.
Sant Prasad's companions took him to the community health centre in Shivgarh by an ambulance. The doctors there extracted pellets from the body of the youth and referred him to the district hospital.