Father of a 10-year-old boy who was killed in a celebratory firing on New Year’s Eve in North-East Delhi’s New Usmanpur was arrested on charges of murder, the police said on Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-East) Atul Thakur said that the accused has been identified as Yasin Malik, father of the victim Rihan Malik.
Weapon recovered
The police said that during investigation in which several videos were obtained and scanned, Yasin emerged as the prime suspect.
“Initially, he tried to mislead the police but during sustained interrogation, he informed that he took the weapon from one Ravi Kashyap and fired in celebration which hit his son. He then gave the weapon back to Ravi,” Mr. Thakur said adding that Ravi has also been arrested and the weapon of offence has been recovered.
Rihan Malik, a Class III student of a private school, was attending a birthday party-cum-New Year celebrations when the incident happened.