The two contractors — Ram Charan (43) and lakhan lal (52) — were killed by a man and his contractor son, who wanted to take revenge of his elder son’s death by them. Sources said it was his younger son who shot both of them in presence of his father in a crowded market of Rajinder Nagar in Central Delhi on Thursday morning. At least eight teams have been tasked to arrest the accused, who are believed to be on the run. Police teams have been sent to their native place in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi district.
The middle-aged man, identified as lalu Ram, and his son Pawan had gunned down the two contractors on Thursday around 9.15 am at a tea stall in Shankar Road Market. Sources told The Pioneer that Pawan fired two shots from a countrymade weapon at Ram Charan and lakhan lal from a close range. It has emerged that the accused carried a recce of the spot before killing them.
The accused men live in Rajinder Nagar with their family. Sources said that lalu Ram’s elder son Udai was killed in a ‘mysterious’ road accident in Inderpuri area in December 2014. The accused had suspected the role of Ram Charan behind the mysterious accident of his son. On this, Ram Charan and lalu Ram had argued several times in the past. The FIR, a copy of which is with The Pioneer said that there were several people present around when the attack had happened.
Sources said that lalu Ram and Ram Charan, who deal in the same business belonged to Jhansi. It is also suspected that that they might have some previous enmity, which led to this bloodbath. Ram Charan died on the spot as he was hit in his head while lakhan lal was rushed to Bl Kapoor Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.