Two youths were shot dead by unidentified men in separate incidents in Jind and Sonepat districts of Haryana over old enmity.
In the first incident, a 20-year-old youth identified as lucky, was shot dead by three bike-borne assailants on Thursday evening while he was eating street food in the busy Shiv Chowk market
in Jind.
One of the accused thrashed lucky and fired shots at him. Another accused got down from the bike and also pumped bullets leaving the youth dead.
On the complaint of victim’s father, the Haryana Police has registered a case against eight persons on charge of murdering lucky.
The shocking incident was captured by the CCTV cameras installed in the market.
A spokesman of Police Department said that the police has started investigation into the case. The body was handed over to the family members after conducting post-mortem in the presence of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Shashank Anand. The SSP has assured the family members of the victim that accused would soon be arrested and put behind the bars.
Five teams have been constituted to nab the accused and raids were being conducted at the possible hideouts. The preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had an old enmity with the victim. Though there is a possibility that lucky has been shot dead due to the same enmity, but actual cause could be ascertained after the arrest of the accused, he added.
The spokesman said that five cases were also registered against the victim lucky in Police Station, Jind. These included two cases of assault, one each under Arms Act and Excise Act and one of loot. Not only this, lucky was on bail from the Court in a case of loot, but did not return, said he.
He said that security has been provided to the family members of the victim and people have been appealed that if they have any information about the incident, they could give the same at mobile number 8814011501. The name of the person providing the information would be kept secret and he would also be suitably rewarded, he said.
The spokesman added that the Shiv Chowk, Jhanj gate area in Jind town is quite sensitive and keeping this in view, a temporary police post would be set up near the Shiv Chowk, where the police personnel would be available round-the-clock to ensure safety and security of the people.
Meanwhile, in another incident in Gohana in Sonepat district on Thursday, a 28-year-old youth was shot dead in his house by some unidentified motorcycle-borne men, police said.
In this case also, old enmity is stated to be the reason behind the crime.