Man shot dead near police post

A man was shot dead barely 200 metres from a police post in East Delhi’s Krishna Nagar area. The victim is yet to be identified.

The police control room got a call informing about gunshots being heard on Saturday evening in Krishna Nagar police station’s post near Gali No 4 near Old Seelampur police post.

“Soon after the gunshots there was commotion in the area as people rushed for cover,” police said, quoting a witness. On reaching the spot the police found a youth lying in a pool of blood.

“A PCR van rushed the victim to Swami Dayanand Hospital. But he died on way to hospital,” said a police official.

A knife was recovered from the spot. A murder case has been registered and a hunt has been launched for the assailant. In another incident, three youths opened fire at a door of a godown in south Delhi’s Jaitpur area.

“The employees of the godown raised an alarm due to which the assailants panicked and fled from the spot,” police said. Vinod Kumar, owner of the godown told police that two of the assailants jumped the wall of the godown and entered the area, while the third accomplice entered from the door.

“When a worker raised an alarm, the godown’s guard Nityanand woke up and started chasing the assailant,” police said. A case has been registered and there policemen are probing if the godown owner had any personal enmity.

The police said the youths did not show any intention to rob the employees. But they tried to threaten them by breaking the glass doors and windows of the rod.“The motive behind the crime is not clear. We are trying to check the CCTV footage of the godown,” said an investigator.