A 45-year-old builder was shot dead allegedly by four bike-borne assailants in front of Kanak Banquet Hall in Ranhola's Vikas Nagaron outer Delhi's Ranhola, at about 9.15 am, police said. The deceased, identified as Rajendra Goyal (45), was a resident of Uttam Nagar, police said.
Goyal had come to supervise the construction work of a banquet hall here.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Outer Sheju P Kuruvilla said, “Goyal was shot by four assailants who had come on two bikes. Goyal had parked his vehicle and was in the driver's seat when four men came on two motorcycles and shot at him. He sustained five bullet injuries in his chest. He was shifted to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya hospital by local police but succumbed to the bullet injures.”
Goyal was a builder and had come to the spot to suoervise the construction of Kanak Banquet Hall. We have registered a case of murder and investigation has been taken up, the DCP said.
Meanwhile, local police sources said they are probing whether Goyal had faced any threat to pay extortion by some criminals.
The manner in which Goyal was murdered indicates that the criminals must have surveyed the area and followed Goyal. There are certain leads and are being investigated, sources added.