The four accused in the murder case of a father-son duo over a scuffle regarding the direction of an air cooler in a dhaba were arrested on Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Outer District, MN Tiwari identified the accused as Karim Khan(25), Raja Bihari(25), Amit Prajapati(28) all school dropouts and working as bike mechanics and Monu (26) who runs a dairy along with his mother and is also involved in a business of chit fund. He is an accused in five more cases. All of them are residents of Najafgarh Area. "Khan was arrested from Najafgarh area in the early hours of Thursday while the rest were arrested from Najafgarh on Saturday" DCP added.
On Wednesday night Shyam Singh Verma (57) and his son Mayank Singh (28) were shot dead by armed men who had come to dine at the eatery in Nangli Dairy area of Najafgarh.
The accused, who were drunk, asked a waiter at the Sangeeta Dhaba, Nangli Sakrawti, Najafgarh to point a cooler at the eatery in their direction. Mayank , son of the Dhaba owner objected to this which led to an argument wherein one of the accused forcefully pointed the cooler towards their table. During the argument, one of them pulled out a pistol and shot at Mayank in the neck. Shyam who was sitting at the cash counter tried to rescue his son, and the same man shot him at the neck as well. They were both rushed to Vikas Hospital, Najafgarh where they were declared brought dead.
During the investigation pistol used in the commission of crime was recovered.