A 12-year-old boy suffered bullet injury to his leg, along with a 29-year-old man, when two unidentified bike borne men who had come to kill a youth accidentally fired at them in Budh Vihar Phase II of Outer Delhi's Vijay Vihar on Monday morning. Police said — the boy identified as Vimal and the man identified as Rajesh — are currently out of danger.
According to a senior police official, the incident took place around 10 am in Budh Vihar Phase when two bike borne men came to kill Ranjit, who is the brother-in-law of deceased cable operator Devender Rathi. Rathi was shot dead by unidentified men in Begumpur near his house on January 29 this year.
Police said Ranjit too was in the business of cable operators. The cops further said the accused started firing in the air indiscriminately in the lane when one of the bullets hit Vimal's leg. Another person Rajesh (29) also suffered bullet injuries to his leg. Sources said the out of the two bike borne assailants, one who fired tried to escape by stealing the two-wheeler parked in the locality but was unsuccessful in doing so. However, both the assailants managed to flee from the spot. locals made a PCR call after the duo injured were taken to a nearby hospital where doctors said they are stable, said police.
“We got to know about the incident after locals took the victims to the hospital and made a PCR call,” said the police official.
A case under relevant sections of the IPC has been registered at Vijay Vihar police station against unknown persons. Police are scanning through the CCTV footage of the area. They are also questioning locals and family of Ranjit. Further investigation in the matter is on, said police.