A 23-year-old youth was arrested and a juvenile apprehended on Sunday for their involvement in shooting at a youth and attack on two of his friends with knives, after a scuffle, in Shahbad Dairy area of Outer Delhi, police said.
The accused have been identified as Mangal Dev and a 15-year-old boy. They were held after an attack on Suraj Kumar, who runs a grocery shop at Shahabad Dairy, and his friends Ajit and Vijay on Friday. Suraj had told police that Ajit and Vijay were at his shop around 11 pm when a man called Bhim, along with his friends Munna, Pankaj and Sikku, came there. ‘Vijay and Ajit objected to their idle roaming at the spot,’ said senior police officer.
At this, Munna called his brother Mangal to the spot. ‘All of them thrashed Ajit and Vijay. When Suraj intervened, they started beating him and at the instigation of Sikku, Pankaj opened fired at him with a with country-made pistol,’ official added. A country-made pistol and empty cartridge were recovered.
The accused have been identified as Mangal Dev and a 15-year-old boy. They were held after an attack on Suraj Kumar, who runs a grocery shop at Shahabad Dairy, and his friends Ajit and Vijay on Friday. Suraj had told police that Ajit and Vijay were at his shop around 11 pm when a man called Bhim, along with his friends Munna, Pankaj and Sikku, came there. ‘Vijay and Ajit objected to their idle roaming at the spot,’ said senior police officer.
At this, Munna called his brother Mangal to the spot. ‘All of them thrashed Ajit and Vijay. When Suraj intervened, they started beating him and at the instigation of Sikku, Pankaj opened fired at him with a with country-made pistol,’ official added. A country-made pistol and empty cartridge were recovered.