Five people were killed following personal enmity in the national Capital during last 24 hours. A 40 year-old criminal along with his 28 year-old associate was shot dead by unidentified bike-borne assailants in Nand Nagari area of North-East Delhi on Friday afternoon. In second incident, a 35 year old man was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants in West Delhi area on Thursday night. In two separate incidents reported from Delhi’s Outer North, Bhalswa Dairy area, a 42-year-old property dealer and a 17-year-old boy were shot dead over personal enmity on Thursday.
In first incident reported from North-East district, the deceased was identified as Khurvesh, a criminal involved in 41 cases, while his associate identified as Kanchi was also named in several cases. Both were residents of Nand Nagri. Khurvesh was also declared a ‘Bad Character’ (BC) by Nand Nagri Police Station.
According to Atul Kumar Thakur, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North-East district, a Police Control Room (PCR) call was received at 12.12 pm on Friday afternoon that there was an accident near Nand Nagri red light in which firing sound was heard.
“Acting on the call a police team rushed to the spot but the injured were taken to GTB Hospital where they were declared brought dead by the doctors,” said the DCP.
“Initial investigation suggests that Khurvesh had a quarrel over a petty issue in Munshi Market Nand Nagri a year ago. Prime facie personal enmity was behind the twin murders,” said the DCP.
“The accused had fired seven to eight rounds on Khurvesh and Kanchi. Two accused persons involved in the murders have been identified and raids are being conducted to bring them to justice. Meanwhile one suspect has been apprehended for questioning,” said the DCP.
“Police has registered a case under appropriate sections at Nand Nagri police station. Police teams have been formed who are scanning CCTV cameras in the area to know the crime sequence,” said the DCP adding that further investigation underway.
Meanwhile in the second incident, a 35 year old man was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants in West Delhi area on Thursday night. The deceased has been identified as Amit Kochar (35), who earlier worked in call centre and was recently unemployed.
According to Monika Bhardwaj, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West district, on Thursday night, Kochar was at his home with his four friends when at around 10.50 pm, someone rang the door bell.
“Kochar went out and sat in the car of the unidentified person who had come with few other boys. After 10 minutes Kochar’s friends sitting in his house suddenly heard gunshots,” said the DCP.
“His friends rushed outside and found Kochar in the car with bullet injuries. They rushed him to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead on arrival,” said the DCP.
“A case has been registered and police teams have been formed. Police teams are scanning CCTV footage in the area to nab the accused behind the killing. Police is investigating the case with all angles including personal enmity,” said the DCP.
In Bhalswa Dairy of Outer North district, two persons, including a juvenile, were shot dead in two separate incidents. In the first incident, a 42-year-old property dealer Chandrashekhar was shot dead on Thursday evening.
Police suspect that the accused persons had killed Chandrashekhar, a resident of Shradhanand Colony, over some monetary or property issue. “The accused persons have been identified. Police are trying to nab them who are from the same locality and are absconding,” a senior police officer said.
A 17-year-old youth was shot dead by two persons on Thursday night in Bhalswa Dairy area. According to a senior police official, Vishal Mishra, the deceased, had a quarrel with some persons of the same locality around three days ago over a petty issue.
“Prima facie it seems like the accused had fired over him over some dispute. Police have identified both the accused persons, who are also juveniles, and trying to apprehend them,” said the senior police official.
According to Anil Mittal, Additional Public Relation Officer (APRO), Delhi Police, the murders have all been confirmed to be personal enmity related. “Overall heinous crime in 2019 is down by 10.5 percent, crime by use of fire arms is down by 5.65 per cent and crime against women is down by 11.5 per cent as compared to previous year”.