At least two people, including a woman, were injured after shots were fired at Delhi’s Saket court on Friday morning, reports said. Police have arrived at the spot and are investigating the matter. According to an ANI report, four rounds were fired at the court premises.
The woman was with her advocate when a person shot her, a PTI report quoted a senior police officer as saying.
According to a Bar & Bench report, the man behind the firing had come to shoot his wife at Saket court. However, he ‘misfired’, and a lawyer was shot in the neck, the news report further states.
According to reports, the assailant is now absconding and the victims have been admitted to Max Hospital, Saket. The incident took place near the lawyer’s chamber at around 10:15 am in Saket court.
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Notably, the firing had also taken place at the Rohini court premises in April last year, after a scuffle broke out between two advocates and their one client.
Before this, On September 24, 2021, two gunmen dressed as lawyers fired inside Delhi’s Rohini court. The gunmen were killed in police firing.
The two attackers, Rahul Tyagi and Jagdeep Jagga allegedly posed as lawyers to enter the courtroom and fired multiple bullets at gangster Jitender Maan alias Gogi.
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