In an apparent case of road rage, a 31-year-old businessman was shot at by a group of four men in Outer Delhi’s Nihal Vihar on Holi. The victim was heading towards his house in Chander Nagar when the incident took place.
Police said the matter came to light when they received a PCR call from the victim’s brother. A police team rushed to the spot and took the man to the hospital where he is being given treatment. The victim, identified as Rajpal, was shot at in his face and has a broken jaw.
According to police, caught in traffic, Rajpal went out of his car and found a group of hooligans celebrating Holi by parking their vehicles in the middle of the road. When he asked them to shift their vehicles to the corner and let other vehicles move ahead, the group started abusing him. However, he managed to convince them remove their vehicles. As the accused men went towards their vehicles, Rajpal too came back to his car.
As Rajpal’s car came adjacent to Santro, one of the occupants of the car opened fire at him and fled the spot. The victim called up his brother and told him about the attack, police.
A senior police official said an attempt to murder case has been registered against the unknown assailants at the Nihal Vihar police station and started investigation.
He also said that they are scanning the CCTV footage at the spot and the areas adjoining it to identify the accused and ascertain the sequence of events. A team was constituted to crack the case.