In yet another incident of snatching, a 25 year-old youth was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in Mukherjee Nagar area of the national Capital. According to a senior police official, the deceased identified as Shyam Sundar, hailed from Sidhartha Nagar in Uttar Pradesh and was living with his relatives at Dheerpur village near Mukherjee Nagar.
“The incident occurred on Wednesday night at around 10 pm. Shyam was talking on his phone in front of his house when two unidentified men who were on a bike, snatched his phone. Shyam shouted and ran after them when one of the snatchers shot him from a close range,” said the senior police official. “Police were informed by locals about the incident following which a team rushed to the spot. Shyam Sunder was taken to Babu Jag Jivan Ram hospital where he succumbed to his injuries during the treatment,” said the senior police official.
“We are scanning the CCTV footage in the area to identify the accused persons. We have registered a case and investigation has been launched,” the senior police official added.
Earlier on September 28, two motorcycle-borne robbers, who were fleeing after snatching a bag containing about Rs 8.30 lakh from the employee of a businessman, had killed 28-year-old Mayank Gautam alias Mohit in Jagriti Enclave of East district. Mohit worked as a driver to earn his livelihood.
He happened to be in the vicinity and tried to stop the robbers who shot him dead. The entire incident was captured in a CCTV camera installed at Mohit’s employer’s house.