In a late night incident, a 27-year-old youth was shot at and critically injured by a neighbour at Gurudwara Bustee under Bistupur police station area. The victim, Vikram Sonkar alias Vicky was rushed to the Tata Main Hospital where his condition is said to be critical.
The attacker identified as Jyoti Sonkar who was accompanied by a bike rider, fired shots and vanished from the scene on the bike soon after the shooting incident. The police, however, nabbed the bike rider and seized the vehicle from Ranikudar under Kadma police station in the wee hours of Monday.
A resident of Road No 4, Gurudwara Bustee, Vicky, sustained three bullet shots. The hospital officials said that though the bullets have been taken out of the abdomen and the leg, the victim is still in a serious condition. He has been shifted to the critical care unit this morning .
The victim was talking to his two friends, Aman Singh and Raja Singh when Jyoti who is the resident of the same locality fired as many as six shots, causing three of them to hit Vicky.
The victim's family alleged that it was Jyoti Sonkar who had tried to kill Vicky by shooting him.There was a property dispute between Vicky and Jyoti for the past five months.
Vicky is a civil contractor and presently busy in constructing a multi-storeyed building at Sonari. Jyoti Sonkar used to help his father in running his family business of a bar-cum-restaurant at Bistupur.
Jyoti has a criminal background and had recently released from Ghaghidih Central Jail after being implicated in a case of dowry.
Superintendent of police (city) Karthik S said the police have already nabbed the youth who had come along Jyoti late in the Sunday night when Vicky was shot at.
“We have arrested the companion of the prime accused Jyoti Sonkar and also seized the bike used in the crime. But Jyoti has absconded after committing the crime," said the City SP. He said apart from the bike the police have also recovered two empty cartridges from the scene of firing.