A 38-year-old man was shot dead on Sunday night by unknown assailants on the outskirts of Dhankot village under Rajendra Park Police Station area.
The deceased has been identified as Mahender Verma, a resident of Jyoti Park area. He was found dead with three gunshot wounds, two in his head and one in his chest. The district police have registered an FIR under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Rajendra Park police station. According to the police, the victim was a car dealer.”My son’s office was located on Railway Road. On Sunday night at around 7 pm, Mahender took his Mahindra Scorpio vehicle to meet someone. But later at 10.30 pm, his wife received a call from the police about the incident. They informed her that someone has shot Mahender,” said his father Laxman Das.
The incident took place at around 10:00 pm when the victim was on his way to home from Farrukhnagar area and some unknown persons fired five bullets at him of which three hit the victim, killing him on the spot. Soon after the incident the police team reached on the spot and took the custody of the body. The forensic team has collected some evidence from the crime spot.
“Preliminary investigation suggests that some business revelry behind the incident. However, we are ascertaining the actual reason behind the killing. We have asked the deceased family if the victim has any anonymity with anyone. The family has not raised any suspect on anyone,” said Rajbir the investigation officer (IO) of the case.