In another broad daylight murder, a 35-year-old man was killed while a woman injured when two scooter-borne armed assailants opened fire on them near Inderlok Metro station in North Delhi on Saturday afternoon. The deceased, identified as Sundar Chauhan, was a witness in a murder case and the police suspect it to be a case of revenge killing.
The incident took place around 2.30 pm when Sundar Chauhan was travelling with his friend's wife, mother and children in his Hyundai i10 car. They two men waylaid them near Inderlok Metro station and fired several shots on him from close range. Police said he was returning from Tiz Hazari Court after attending a hearing of a case.
Sundar received five to six bullet wounds on his abdomen, head and other parts of the body and died on the spot. The attackers fired only on him and everybody else escaped unhurt in the incident.
“His family has told us that he was a witness in a case and was returning after giving evidence in a murder case. It is a suspected case of revenge killing, we are verifying the facts,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police Madhur Verma.
The attackers had come on an Activa scooter and fled the scene after raining bullets on Sundar, who dealt in scrap business. His friend's wife, who was sitting next to him, also received minor injuries and she was admitted to a hospital.