Police look for motive behind shooting spree

A day after a youth shot dead five persons before training the gun on himself, the Delhi Police on Tuesday said they are trying to find out the exact motive behind the murders.

The victims were shot dead within a span of four hours, in Bindapur in Delhi and Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

Ravi, a resident of Masuri village in Ghaziabad, had gone to his cousin Naveen Malik’s house in Bindapur on Sunday. The next morning he shot dead his sister-in-law Renu and her land lady Sheila Garg. Three hours later, he Renu’s 17-year-old sister Shilpa and her father Harinder, before killing himself.

“Ravi killed Renu for preventing him from marrying Shilpa, whom he was in love with,” sources said. Ravi’s elder brother Narendra also lived with Naveen. Both Narendra and Naveen drove cabs for call centres.

Body recovered

Police recovered Naveen’s body on Monday night from the house in Bindapur. They had failed to trace Naveen’s body on Monday morning.

However, Additional Commissioner of Police (South-West), A K Ojha, said the body was found after investigation started.

“We were investigating the matter when we found Naveen’s body. It was not a failure on our part that we could not find the body earlier,” Ojha said. 

“Investigation is on and we are trying to locate the exact reason behind the shooting spree,” said Ojha.

The doctors have located a bullet wound in Naveen’s head. His head was wrapped with a cloth, apparently to prevent blood flow, said Ojha.

Renu was apparently shot at about 9:10 am. Hearing the gun shot, landlady Sheila Garg rushed to the first floor room. Ravi then shot the land lady and fled in his Santro car.

“Renu’s room was stinking. One of our relatives had gone to her room to take a blanket at about 10 pm. He found Naveen’s body,” said Seema, the land lady’s daughter.

However, police is yet to ascertain when Naveen was shot dead. “We will come to know the exact time of his death after the post-mortem report,” an official said.