Three miscreants were booked for firing a bullet at 21-year-old near Dushhera Maidan under Ashoka Garden police station area late in the night on Tuesday.
According to the police, the victim sustained minor injuries in the shoulder with bullet injury as a bullet was fired at him at around 2 am on Tuesday and was rushed to a nearby hospital by the locals who rushed to his rescue after he was injured.
Police were informed and on the receipt of the information a police team rushed to the spot but before the team could reach the spot the miscreants managed to escape the spot. The victim was identified as Shaad Khan of Talaiya area and works as a labour.
SHO of Ashoka Garden police Manish Mishra said that the victim Shaad Khan (21), in his complaint he claimed that the miscreant attacked him when he had gone to drop his friend in Ashoka Garden.
On his way back to home after dropping his friend two accused Sameer and Saif alias Gabbar along with other accomplice stopped him near Dushhera Maidan and had a heated argument and during the argument he was shot and escaped the spot, he added.
Victim sustained injury in his shoulder and is undergoing treatment at Hamidia hospital. Condition of victim is reportedly critical.
The attacked was fuelled by old enmity. The victim had a fight in the past over cricket.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation, the police have done registration.
The police have registered a case under section 307 and 34 of the IPC and have started further investigation.