Greater Noida: A 34-year-old vegetable seller who had accused a police officer’s son for extortion was allegedly shot in the head on Thursday evening.
The victim, identified as Durgesh Kumar, was at his shop outside AVJ Heights Society around 5.15pm when two bike-borne assailants reached there and shot at him.
Harish Chander, DCP (Central Noida) told TOI that a police team had immediately reached the spot and rushed the victim to a nearby private hospital. “Durgesh was shot in the head and has been admitted in the ICU,” Chander said, adding that the attack was presumably done over enmity.
On May 20, Kumar had filed a complaint at Surajpur police station against the son of a sub-inspector and three of his friends for allegedly beating him up after he had refused to give them Rs 300 for putting up the road side stall. Chander said an investigation has been initiated.