Man shot dead in Mehrauli over scuffle, two arrested

New Delhi: A man was shot dead in Mehrauli area of south Delhi on Friday, with police claiming they have arrested one of the accused in this regard.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Romil Baaniya on Saturday said that a PCR call was received at Mehrauli police station on Friday night regarding a quarrel.

In the incident, the victim Sumit, a resident of Chhatarpur Enclave, received a gunshot wound and taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead by doctors. Another person Nitin Vishal was injured and admitted to hospital.

During investigation, it came to light that two persons, identified as Sandeep Gupta and Ashish Kochar, had fired on Sumit and Nitin.

Gupta was on Saturday arrested by personnel of Mehrauli police station.

Police claimed the incident was the result of drunken scuffle, with both the parties residing in the same locality and known to each other.

Jaydeo, Sumit's father, stated the accused were beating his son and later they fired several rounds into Sumit's chest.

"Both the accused had planned to kill my son," said the father, adding that Sumit had got married six years ago and had a four-year-old daughter.