A day after the General Manager Human Resources of Mitsubishi Corporation Private limited, a Japanese company in Gurugram, was shot at, the police have arrested the two accused persons. One of the accused was sacked by the victim over his alleged “unprofessional behaviour”, officials said.
The accused persons were produced before the district court on Friday and sent to three days police remand for further questioning. The police said further efforts are on to apprehend others who were involved in the crime.
Those arrested have been identified as Dayachand Master and Joginder. “The matter is under investigation we are questioning Joginder whether he shot the victim or he had hired someone. Also, hunts are on to nab other culprits,” Arun Kumar, Station House Officer (SHO) of Bilaspur police station said.
Both men have been named in the FIR registered at the Bilaspur police station on Thursday by the family of the victim, Binesh Sharma, who is the HR head at Mitsubishi Corporation's.
Sharma's family alleged that Binesh had been receiving threats from Joginder and his friends. Joginder worked as an apprentice at the company and had been sacked three months ago on the grounds of indiscipline and unprofessional attitude.
“Joginder, Dayanand Master, Krishan Kumar along with others had threatened my son' on Wednesday evening near Bilaspur on Delhi-Gurugram National Highway. They threatened him with dire consequences if Singh was not reinstated,” claimed Sharma's father.
“Apart from these two men, other accomplices who were involved in the incident will also be identified and arrested soon. Strict action will be initiated against all those responsible,” the SHO, said.
Meanwhile, Gurugram's Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh along with the Commissioner of Police Sandeep Khirwar visited the victim on Friday morning at Rockland Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment.
Speaking about the incident, the DC said, “We will focus on ensuring that relations between the labour and company management remain healthy. So that such type of incidents could not take place in the future. It was an unfortunate incident”.
The incident occurred at around 8.30 am on Thursday when Binesh Sharma was going towards his company located near Pathreri village in a car on the Bilaspur-Tauru road.
Two persons on a bike had opened fire at him. Despite injuries, the victim managed to drive to his office where his college admitted him to Rockland Hospital. However Binesh is still undergoing treatment, doctors have said he is out of danger.