A 62-year-old man, sleeping outside his house, was shot dead by some unidentified persons in southwest Delhi’s Palam area on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Ajeet Singh, a resident of Harizan Basti, Palam extension.
According to a senior police official, a police control room (PCR) call was received at 7.37 AM where the caller said that his father was sleeping outside of his house at Harizan Basti, Palam extension and somebody shot him dead. “Police reached the spot and found the body of Ajeet Singh. The bullet injury was found on the forehead, fired from point blank range. One empty cartridge was found on the bed,” said the senior police official.
“During enquiry, the family members of Singh said that the deceased used to sleep outside the house in the street. On Monday, some altercation took place due to construction work carried by them with a known person to the deceased who threatened to kill him,” he said. “On Tuesday around 5.45 AM, the wife of the deceased saw that her husband was not responding. The family members of the suspects have been taken into custody for interrogation. Crime scene inspected and the body shifted to DDU mortuary,” said the senior police official adding that further investigation is underway.