NEW DELHI: Two weeks after a man working for a private company was shot at from point blank range in Vasant Vihar, his father-in-law, his friend and a hired killer have been arrested for the crime.
According to police, the victim, identified as Rahul, had allegedly eloped with a girl and married her last year. Outraged with the act, the girl’s father, Manoj, had paid money to a killer.
The man was saved as the killer could not control the recoil of the single shot pistol and the bullet brushed past his face making him escape with injuries.
Police identified Manoj’s associates as Amit and Vikram. The trio has been booked under charges of attempted murder, criminal conspiracy and Arms Act.
“A pistol and a motorcycle used in the commission of crime have been recovered from the accused,” DCP (southwest) Ingit Pratap Singh said.
The incident had taken place on December 2. In his statement, Rahul said that an unknown person had fired upon him and ran away from the spot. “The bullet hit his face and had exit from other side,” the DCP added. Accordingly, an FIR was registered and a probe was initiated.
A tip-off was received from an informer that a person who had recently procured a weapon was behind the shooting incident. Amit was later detained.
During interrogation, he revealed that the father-in-law of the victim was behind the conspiracy.
According to Amit, Manoj shared his plan with him and sought help in arranging a contract killer to eliminate Rahul. After this, Amit arranged a meeting between Manoj and the contract killer, Vikram, at his residence and the deal was fixed for Rs one lakh. However, the entire payment was not made as Vikram missed his shot.