About six people have been rounded up by police in connection with the firing incident on Thursday evening near Sagar Avenue under Ayodhya Nagar police station area. Police suspect that the attack was fuelled by old enmity.
City Superintendent of Police Govindpura Shiv Dayal said that the attack was lead by enmity from victim’s acquaintances and in the investigation main accused would be narrowed down and nabbed. He also clarified that at the time of incident Deepak was alone in the car as earlier the information of two people in the vehicle surfaced but there was only one person.
Providing further details CSP Shiv Dayal said that victim’s father was killed in Chhatarpur in a dispute. However, the dispute is not clear but could be associated to the attack on Thursday. After their father’s death the family shifted to Bhopal but the victim was not having any source of income and he used to earn by facilitating admissions in private colleges of the city and in the investigation he claimed that he deals in travel agencies but it was not found true.
During the investigation it was found that there are groups which facilitate admissions of students from Chhatarpur and Bihar and the victim had fights in the past few months with other group which has lead to the attack. The victim lives in a rented apartment at Nirja Nagar and hails from Chhatarpur.
Notably on Thursday around 7 pm when the victim was near Sagar Avenue two bike borne miscreants came from behind and opened fire injuring the victim in his left shoulder and escaped the spot. The victim was rushed to Peoples hospital and later he was referred to Chirayu hospital where he is undergoing treatment. The police have registered a case under Section 307 of the IPC and have started further investigation.