Assailants fire in air, 12-yr-old gets hit accidentally

A 12-year-old boy suffered bullet injury on his leg along with a 29-year-old man when two unidentified bike-borne men who had come to kill a youth accidentally fired at them in Budh Vihar area of Outer Delhi’s Vijay Vihar on Monday morning. 

Police said that the child identified as Vimal and the man identified as Rajesh are currently out of danger. According to the police, the incident took place at around 10 am in Budh Vihar Phase-II when two bike-borne men came to kill Ranjit, brother-in-law of deceased cable operator Devender Rathi. 

Rathi was shot dead by unidentified men in Begumpur near his house on January 29 this year.

Police said that Ranjit too was in the business of cable operators. The cops further said that the accused started firing in the air indiscriminately in the lane when one of the bullets hit 12-year-old Vimal’s leg. 

Another person identified as Rajesh (29) also suffered bullet injuries on his leg. Sources said that out of the two assailants, one who fired escaped by stealing a two-wheeler parked in the locality and both managed to flee from the spot. Locals made a PCR call after the duo injured were taken to a nearby hospital where doctors told that they are stable, said police.

A case under relevant sections of the IPC has been registered at Vijay Vihar police station against unknown persons. Police are scanning through the CCTV footage of the area. They are also questioning locals and family members of Ranjit. Further investigation is on.