A 30-year-old man who was buying some food items from a shop near Rohini Court, was gunned down on Monday by four attackers, police said, terming the incident part of a "gang war".
Police said the incident occurred at around 2 p.m in Prashant Vihar area of Rohini in north Delhi when Ravi Bhardwaj, along with his friend, had come to meet a lawyer in Rohini court.
"Bhardwaj later came out from court with his friend and went to take food items from a shop in Prashant Vihar area. While he was packing the food, four unknown attackers in a Honda City car stopped near him and started firing indiscriminately at him," a senior police officer said.
"The attackers only stopped firing after being satisfied he was dead. They also fired into the sky before escaping from the spot.
Bhardwaj's friend informed the police and he was taken to nearby Ambedkar hospital where doctors declared him dead.
"On the statement of his friend, a case of murder has been registered against a ganster, Gogi and three unknown persons. The entire crime was recorded in CCTV footage and efforts are on to ascertain the identities of accused attackers," he added.
"Prima facie it appears to be a possible case of ongoing gang-war between two active gangs 'Tillu gang and Gogi gang' over some previous animosity in west Delhi. Bhardwaj had good contact with Tillu gang. His friend, in his complaint, named Jitender alias Gogi of being involved in the murder him with his three other accomplices," the officer added.
--IANS
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