A 36-year-old man sustained injuries in his eye after he was shot at by juveniles in north-west Delhi’s Jahangirpuri on Friday evening over a rivalry, the police said on Saturday.
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Four juveniles were apprehended, who later revealed that the victim had beaten the father of one of them around seven months back and they wanted to take revenge on him.
A complaint was received around 5:15 p.m. at H-4 block Jahangirpuri regarding a gunshot injury to a person identified as Javed, 36. The police reached the spot and the injured was shifted to Babu Jagjivan Ram hospital.
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The police said Javed sustained bullet injury in his right eye. He revealed that around 4.45 pm, near the park of H-3 block, three known minor boys came and one of them fired a bullet at his face and fled the spot, said the police. The victim’s condition is stable, DCP (north west) Usha Rangnani said. A CCTV footage shared on social media confirms similar details, where the victim can be seen sitting near a park.
A case under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code was registered and four accused were apprehended. A countrymade pistol has been recovered from them, said the police.
There is no communal angle involved in the case, the DCP added.