Four accused persons have been arrested by Raipur police for allegedly thrashing, threatening and then firing two rounds at a fast food shop owner at Dobhal Chowk on Wednesday night.
The victim reportedly is not wounded by the shots fired but has suffered several bruises and possible fracture on his left thumb. Locals from the area have alleged that this is not the first time that people are raising ruckus in the area after consuming alcohol.
In fact one of the shops at the Chowk entertains people till late night in order for them to consume alcohol illegally.
The accused arrested have been identified as Shobhit Baurai (29), resident of Kargi Chowk, Sanjay Upadhyay (48), resident of Nehrugram, Anand Singh Panwar (34), resident of Majra and Ankit Kapoor (30) resident of Patelnagar. According to the information provided by the local police, the victim Shammi Chettri complained that on Wednesday night Sanjay Upadhyay and his three friends in drunken state came at his fast food shop. They asked for two plates of dumplings which Chettri provided.
After that when the shopkeeper asked for payment the accused with his friends started shouting abuses. Soon the verbal abuse escalated into physical violence and later one of the accused shot two rounds at the victim.
After hearing the gunshot and shouts when people started gathering they then threatened him one last time and then drove away from the area in a private car.
Police recovered a.32 pistol from the accused Shobhit, one sharp edged weapon from accused Sanjay Upadhyay and two empty shells were found at the crime scene. Station House Officer (SHO) of Raipur police station Chandrabhan Singh said, “The accused Shobhit has claimed that he has licence to keep the pistol that was used in the crime. The details will be part of the ongoing investigation.”
When asked whether any such information came in his knowledge earlier he said, “In the last seven months that I have been in charge here this is the first case of its kind.
From any other place if we get information about any such thing, immediate actions are taken.”According to eye witnesses, the accused intended to threaten the victim because of which they shot in the air. From their actions, it didn’t seem like they were attempting to shoot him fatally.