<p>"The police team arrested Laddan from his hideout in Noida. His pistol and his Scorpio jeep have also been seized," police Inspector Vijay Prakash said.<br /><br />Meena and Munabbar Hussain were passing through the busy Sector 31-25 crossing near Nithari when they spotted Laddan.<br /><br />The couple then accosted Laddan and started beating him, police said. The man whipped out a pistol and fired at them.<br /><br />The woman took a bullet in her stomach while Munabbar was injured in the abdomen. <br /><br />They were rushed to the nearby Kailash Hospital where doctors said Meena's condition was critical. Munabbar is stable.<br /><br />“Laddan said when they (Meena and Munabbar) started beating him, he had no option but to open fire at them,” Prakash said.<br /><br />Earlier, when Meena married Munabbar, Laddan asked her to give back the house he had presented to her. <br /><br />Initially, she refused but later paid him Rs.12 lakh.<br /><br />But after a month, she asked Laddan to return the cash and promised to pay him by cheque, which later bounced. Laddan then issued a legal notice to her. <br /><br />However, Munabbar denied any property dispute, and said Laddan was harassing Meena over one pretext or the other and had stalked her on several occasions.<br /></p>
<p>"The police team arrested Laddan from his hideout in Noida. His pistol and his Scorpio jeep have also been seized," police Inspector Vijay Prakash said.<br /><br />Meena and Munabbar Hussain were passing through the busy Sector 31-25 crossing near Nithari when they spotted Laddan.<br /><br />The couple then accosted Laddan and started beating him, police said. The man whipped out a pistol and fired at them.<br /><br />The woman took a bullet in her stomach while Munabbar was injured in the abdomen. <br /><br />They were rushed to the nearby Kailash Hospital where doctors said Meena's condition was critical. Munabbar is stable.<br /><br />“Laddan said when they (Meena and Munabbar) started beating him, he had no option but to open fire at them,” Prakash said.<br /><br />Earlier, when Meena married Munabbar, Laddan asked her to give back the house he had presented to her. <br /><br />Initially, she refused but later paid him Rs.12 lakh.<br /><br />But after a month, she asked Laddan to return the cash and promised to pay him by cheque, which later bounced. Laddan then issued a legal notice to her. <br /><br />However, Munabbar denied any property dispute, and said Laddan was harassing Meena over one pretext or the other and had stalked her on several occasions.<br /></p>