20-year-old shot at by burglars in Modinagar

GHAZIABAD: A 20-year-old man was shot at by a gang of four burglars when he tried to apprehend them after a theft in Khanjarpur village in Modinagar late on Sunday night. The victim, Abhishek, has sustained a gunshot wound on his right thigh.
Abhishek and his elder brother Aveet were strolling near their house around 3.30 am due to a long power outage when they saw four men moving around in suspicious circumstances. “When they tried to stop the men for questioning, one of them opened fire injuring Abhishek. It later emerged that the four men were returning with a booty, after committing a burglary in the locality. Two separate FIRs have been registered in the matter,” said SSP Vaibhav Krishna.

A case of attempt to murder under Section 307 of IPC has been registered in Modinagar police station for the attack on Abhishek. Police said the burglary was committed in the house of a dairy farm employee Ashok Sharma. On the basis of a complaint lodged by Sharma, police registered an FIR under section 457 (house trespass) and 380 (theft) of IPC.

According to police, circumstantial evidence and eyewitness accounts have revealed that the four men who committed the burglary were also the ones who shot at Abhishek. The spot where Abhishek was shot is around 250 metre away from the house of Ashok Sharma. He has alleged that the thieves escaped with cash, jewellery and clothes from his house.