The Gurugram police has registered an attempt to murder case against four perpeople who allegedly fired at a toll collector at the Kherki Daula toll plaza on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday around 2 am.
According to police, victim Shyam was on duty in lane number-28 late night when the incident happened. At around 2 am four people reached the toll plaza in a Black Scorpio car with a Gurugram registration number.
The accused were carrying a Smart tag but their vehicle number was not fed in the system and the toll attendant asked them to wait for two minutes while he was entering the data in the computer.
However, in the meantime another person sitting in the SUV came out, seeing this the victim also rushed out of the booth. As soon as he came out the accused starting hurling abuses at him, which led to an altercation between them.
The accused than took the car a little ahead and when the attendant reached the window, one of them took out a pistol and fired a shot at the attendant, who managed to duck and save himself. The toll staff immediately informed the police.
“We have registered a FIR under section 307 (Attempt to murder) including Arms Act. The car's registration number has been captured by CCTV cameras. The vehicle was registered in the name of Nakul Yadav a resident of Nakhdola village. We are conducting raids to nab the accused persons,” said Yashwant Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO) of Kherki Daula police station. Police have recovered an empty cartridge from the spot.