A 31 year-old man was allegedly shot dead by his neighbour over a petty issue. The incident occurred on the night of Saturday at Central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area. Police have arrested the accused in 12 hours after the incident.
The deceased has been identified as Mohit, a resident of Bapa Nagar in Karol Bagh. While the accused has been identified as Kamal Chauhan (32) who was also a good friend and neighbour of the deceased Mohit.
According to Amit Sharma, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) a police control room (PCR) call regarding the incident was received at Parsad Vihar police station around 11 PM on Saturday.
“Acting on the information, Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) rushed for the spot. On reaching the spot, it was found that injured Mohit has sustained gunshot injury. He was rushed to BLK Hospital where he was declared brought dead by the doctors,” said the additional DCP.
“Police had registered an First Information Report (FIR) at Prasad Vihar police station on the statement of Mohit’s father and investigation was initiated,” said the additional DCP adding that the accused Chauhan was arrested on Sunday afternoon while he was trying to flee from Delhi to Jharkhand in his car.
“During interrogation, the accused disclosed that the accused and Mohit were close friends but they had distanced due to some trivial issues between them. On the day of incident, a heated argument took place between them and the accused shot Mohit with his pistol in an alley near the house and flee from the spot,” said the additional DCP.
“Police have recovered a country made pistol with two live cartridges, used in crime, from the possession of the accused. Further investigation is going on and efforts are being made to trace the source of illegal weapon,” the additional DCP added.