Bairagarh police have arrested a miscreant for opening fire at a 24-year-old near a hotel late in the night on Saturday. The firearm used in the attack was seized by the police.
Police said that the victim Dinesh Tejwani was shot from back by the accused Nandu Kumar alias Nandu when the victim was near Deepak hotel.
The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital where his condition is reportedly stable.
The victim escaped with injuries as the cartridge brushed the victim in his right shoulder.
In the initial investigation, police have found that the victim was in a relationship with the sister-in-law of the accused who is divorced and he had warned the victim to end the relation but the victim paid no heed and which resulted in the attack.
The victim runs a paan shop while the accused is a vegetable seller. The two had a verbal spat in the past over the issue which irritated the accused.
During the investigation, police found that when the accused came to know that the victim would visit his in-laws house in Bairagarh, he followed him and when the victim stopped for answering nature’s call, the accused shot at him from behind.
The victim was undergoing treatment at Hamidia hospital and is reportedly stable.
The victim is a resident of Gandhi Nagar. The incident took place at around 10.30 pm while he was on his way to bring his wife from her parents’ house in Bairagarh. The police have a case of attempt to murder against the accused and started further investigation.