Army veteran falls prey to a senseless Dehradun club fallout
A routine morning walk early on Monday morning in a suburb of Dehradun turned fatal for Brigadier (retd) Mukesh Joshi (70) who was shot by youths in a Scorpio chasing two others in a Fortuner. The bullet hit the army veteran who was later declared dead.
Briefing the media, Dehradun senior superintendent of police Pramendra Singh Dobal said that the incident started at the Zen-Z Club. On the night of March 29, a fight broke out at the club over a bill. After this, one group —Shantanu Tyagi, Aditya Chaudhary and Kavish Tyagi, along with their associates —got into a scuffle with some staff members working at the bar.
After the altercation, the group waited outside the club till the next morning to take revenge against those they had fought with inside. When the club closed and the other group came out, they followed and opened fire on the road. They missed the vehicle and shot the army veteran instead while their vehicle later crashed into a tree.
Dobal said that some students of a private university are also involved in the incident. Shantanu Tyagi was holding the pistol during the firing. The police have arrested Rohit Kumar, Mohammed Aklakh, Sandeep Kumar (the bar operator), and Aditya Chaudhary in connection with the case while four accused are absconding.
Relatives and neighbours of the deceased said that Joshi had a commendable career with work experience associated with the Prime Minister’s Office and the intelligence services in addition to his service in the army. With more than half a dozen murders having taken place in Dehradun so far this year, they questioned the failure of the authorities to curb violent crime in the once tranquil city.
Meanwhile, the police have taken action against the club in the Rajpur area and have also sealed it. The SSP said that the Zen- Z Club located on Mussoorie Road was sealed in connection with this incident. The police have also sent a recommendation to Dehradun district magistrate Savin Bansal to cancel the club’s license.
