Man shot dead by bike-borne assailants

May 07, 2019 01:42 am | Updated 01:42 am IST

A 30-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by two unidentified bike-borne assailants in south Delhi’s Saket on Monday afternoon, the police said.

The victim, Prince, was on his way to a mall in Saket along with his friends after attending a court hearing at around 3 p.m. when the accused opened fire at him.

“The injured was rushed to the hospital by his friends in an autorickshaw where he later succumbed to his injuries,” Deputy Commissioner of Police [South] Vijay Kumar said. A case has been registered and an investigation is under way, he said.

During an enquiry, it was learnt that Prince was a bad character of Malviya Nagar police station area and was involved in multiple criminal cases, Mr. Kumar said.

The victim had an ongoing enmity with another bad character of Aya Nagar police station area, he said.

CCTV footage of the area is being scanned to identify the accused persons and ascertain the sequence of events, the police said.

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