Ghaziabad: 50-year-old shot in mouth, kin suspect property tiff
Aditya Dev | TNN | Mar 12, 2019, 09:02 IST
Representative imageGHAZIABAD: A 50-year-old man was shot in the mouth at point-blank range in front of his house by two men in Kavi Nagar’s Raeespur on Monday.
The family suspects the role of some people who allegedly killed the man’s younger brother two years ago over a property dispute.
The man, identified as Mohammad Irshad, suffered injuries on his upper jaw and has been admitted to Yashoda Hospital, where he is said to be out of danger.
Irshad was sitting with a neighbour, Irdris, in front of his house around 1pm on Monday when two masked men wearing helmets approached them on a white TVS Apache and stopped the two-wheeler in front of Irshad.
Suddenly, one of the men whipped out a gun and fired at him. The bullet hit Irshad in the mouth, breaking two front teeth in the upper jaw.
Irshad fell to the ground and the assailants fled. He was rushed to Yashoda Hospital by his family for treatment.
Irshad’s younger brother, Furkan, who was a businessman, was murdered in February 2017. Three persons, including two women, had been booked for the crime.
Furkan had gone missing on the night of February 17, 2017, after he left the house with Rs 1.2 lakh in cash for some work. A few days later, his body was found in a canal in Masuri area.
Irshad’s nephew Chand said Irshad has been living a retired life and his five sons run a shop of leather products and accessories in Ghantaghar.
“We do not know about anyone with whom my uncle had any sort of animosity,” Chand added. Kavi Nagar SHO Raj Kumar Sharma visited the spot on Monday evening and recorded the statement of Irshad’s family members.
“An FIR has been filed against the two unidentified men under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC,” Sharma said.
The family suspects the role of some people who allegedly killed the man’s younger brother two years ago over a property dispute.
The man, identified as Mohammad Irshad, suffered injuries on his upper jaw and has been admitted to Yashoda Hospital, where he is said to be out of danger.
Irshad was sitting with a neighbour, Irdris, in front of his house around 1pm on Monday when two masked men wearing helmets approached them on a white TVS Apache and stopped the two-wheeler in front of Irshad.
Suddenly, one of the men whipped out a gun and fired at him. The bullet hit Irshad in the mouth, breaking two front teeth in the upper jaw.
Irshad fell to the ground and the assailants fled. He was rushed to Yashoda Hospital by his family for treatment.
Irshad’s younger brother, Furkan, who was a businessman, was murdered in February 2017. Three persons, including two women, had been booked for the crime.
Furkan had gone missing on the night of February 17, 2017, after he left the house with Rs 1.2 lakh in cash for some work. A few days later, his body was found in a canal in Masuri area.
Irshad’s nephew Chand said Irshad has been living a retired life and his five sons run a shop of leather products and accessories in Ghantaghar.
“We do not know about anyone with whom my uncle had any sort of animosity,” Chand added. Kavi Nagar SHO Raj Kumar Sharma visited the spot on Monday evening and recorded the statement of Irshad’s family members.
“An FIR has been filed against the two unidentified men under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC,” Sharma said.
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