Four persons opened fire on a gym owner in West Delhi on Thursday night after the latter objected to the use of the facility by a friend of them without paying its charges. Although the bullet missed Vijay Singh (36), the owner of the gym, it hit one Kamal (24) who was returning after a workout session at the gym.
The incident took place at Singh's gym situated at Pankha Road around 8 pm. "The staff of the gym managed to nab one of the assailants, identified as Praveen from the spot who has been arrested. The remaining three managed to flee. We have registered a case at Police Station Hari Nagar and efforts are on to nab the remaining accused," said Additional Commissioner of Police (West) Ranveer Singh. Police has recovered a country-made pistol along with three live cartridges and three used cartridges from the spot.
According to the victim's statement, he along with his brother was present in the gym on Wednesday at 8 pm, when four persons came including Deepak Gupta, who was known to him arrived. "Gupta started arguing with him and abused them. They were asked to leave the gym but Deepak Gupta started shouting loudly.In the meantime, Praveen took out a pistol and fired at Vijay Singh with the intention to kill him which caused injury to one Kamal in his knee. He was immediately rushed to DDU Hospital where he was provided treatment and discharged," said Singh.
The staff of the gym apprehended Praveen. During investigation, the accused told police that he along with Ibrar, Deepak Gupta and Babbu Agarwal were involved in this incident.