One person has been arrested in connection with the firing incident at lady Hardinge Hospital’s staff quarters that took place on Sunday night. The arrested has been identified as Kailash (34), a class fourth employee with the hospital.
His father Subhash had sustained bullet injuries and has been admitted for treatment. There were four persons, who were involved in the firing and they have been identified as Manoj (30), Balkisan (61), Vijay alias Notty and another unidentified man.
A senior police officials of New Delhi district said, “Manoj and his father Balkisan reportedly barged into the house of Kailash and entered into an argument with him. His father Subhash intervened and they started arguing with him too. The accused were apparently drunk and started abusing them and said that they would shoot them. Kailash and Subhash tried to end the argument and went out of their house. The accused then took them to their elder brother’s house on the ground floor. It was Manoj, who opened fire at Subhash and pumped two bullets into his body. Kailash ran out to save his life but he was pinned down by two assailants, who shot him in his chest from very close range. All the accused persons then fled from the spot in a white Maruti car.”
It has been revealed that both the families had some personal issues with each other. Kailash and his father thought that since they are drunk they are just blabbering and would cause no harm to them. later, they realise that they had come prepared to kill them.
Balkisan was arrested by Marg police station and Notty one of the accused in the incident has previous criminal history. He has many cases of attempt to murder and murder registered against him at various police stations. Following this, he also has a reward of about Rs 20,000 on him. Various teams of police have been on his lookout but have been unable to trace him as he keeps changing his locations. Notty has in previous incidents been arrested and jailed too, a police official said.
According to Kailash’s family, Notty has connections with the underworld and is a part of many gangs. No one in the neighbourhood wanted to speak or even tell if they heard or saw anything due to his fear. Infact no one came to help the family members to even take Kailash and his father to the hospital.