Criminals care a hoot for Delhi Police and they do whatever they like. In yet another manifestation of criminals holding sway in the national Capital, three armed goons shot at a middle aged couple in Desh Bandhu Gupta road area in Central Delhi.
The armed desperados then shot a street dog that started barking at them. The injured were rushed to nearby Jeevanbala Hospital and are now stated to be out of danger.
A case of attempt to murder and cruelty against animals has been registered at Desh Bandhu Gupta road police station. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Central, Alok Kumar said they have certain leads and those involved in the murderous attempt on the couple will be brought to the book.
A senior police official said that Satbir (47) and his wife Kaushalya (45) had come to Gaushala Road in Shidipura to take part in an engagement ceremony on Friday.
It was Kaushalya’s brother who was engaged with a Ghaziabad based girl. Their family had returned to their Shidipura home on Friday night from Ghaziabad. Satbir who works as a mechanic in a West Delhi workshop decided to leave for his house in Raghbubir Nagar in West Delhi. It was around 10.40 pm when they came on the road to look for an auto rickshaw, the police official said.
They moved ahead in search of a vehicle and the moment they came on the main road, they were accosted by three unidentified bike-borne people who were loitering around in the area.
They asked Kushalya where her brother wasIJ Before she could reply the bike-borne persons whipped out pistols and opened fire at them.
Satbir was hit in his hand and he fell down bleeding while Kushalya was lucky to escape as the bullet just grazed past her head. In the meantime, street dogs came to the rescue of the injured couple and they started barking at the armed ruffians.
One of them fired at a dog and killing the defenceless animal on the spot. Satbir and Kushalya were taken to Jeevanbala hospital in the locality where Kaushalya was discharged after first aid while Satbir continues to be in the hospital though he has been declared out of danger.
The dog’s body was later sent to lajpat Nagar veterinary hospital for post mortem examination. The “lead of the bullet” extracted from the dog’s body will be used as an evidence against the criminals as that would also fix their culpability in the crime, the police official said.
Investigators said if appears that three persons who opened fire at the couple had some enmity with Kaushalya’s brother and they were looking for him and they were also familiar with Kaushalya.
Police teams have been put on the job and some crucial material evidence in the form of three empty bullet shells have been recovered from the spot and the same have been sent for forensic examination, the police official added.