A 47-year-old former soldier was allegedly shot dead by three of his nephews at Damdama village in Sohna around 20 km away from Gurugram city. An FIR was lodged against the accused persons under Section 302 (murder) including Arms Act of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Sohna City police station.
The deceased has been identified as Vedpal, a resident of Damdama village. On Wednesday morning around 6.30 am the victim was returning from morning walk when the accused spotted him near his house and shot him in the head with a country-made pistol and killing him on the spot.
The accused have been identified as Vikram, Sunder and Munder, all aged between 25 to 30. All three accused are brothers and hail from the same village. Though initially the police was able to arrest only two but later Munder was also nabbed from a nearby area.
According to the police, Vedpal had a property dispute with his brother’s family for the past few years but the matter had been resolved by the village panchayat but again on Wednesday an altercation had ensued with him.
“My father was on his morning walk around 6.30 when we heard some gunshot and when I stepped out from my house and I found my father lying in a pool of blood. We rushed him to the hospital where doctors declared him dead,” Vedpal’s son Rajkumar, said.
“We have registered a case against the three persons. We are yet to receive the post-mortem report. It appears that he was attacked from a close range. Ballistic experts will also submit their report, said a police officer.