<p>A 24-year-old hotel employee was shot dead and his friend injured when six men fired several rounds at them near Qutub Minar on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police said they have detained one person and are likely to arrest the culprits soon as they have received vital clues in the case.<br /><br />A financial dispute is being cited as the reason behind the fatal attack.<br /><br />Police officers also said an initial probe suggests that the dead man, identified as Sonu, was not the person the criminals intended to eliminate.<br /><br />His friend Sandeep, who has sustained a bullet injury in the abdomen and is in a serious condition, was possibly the target.<br /><br />Sandeep is a property dealer in Mehrauli of south Delhi and police suspect he was involved in several monetary transactions, one of which must have turned into a dispute.<br />His family members are being questioned and his previous property deals being looked into in a bid to narrow down on suspects, said police.<br /><br />The shooting took place at 1.40 pm while Sandeep, Sonu and their friends, most of them property dealers, were sipping tea at a tea shop near Qutub Minar.<br /><br />They stayed in Lado Sarai, a couple of kilometres away from the crime spot.<br />“Two cars suddenly pulled over near the tea shop and four men armed with guns emerged outside. They fired in the direction of Sandeep and his friends without speaking a word. Two bullets pierced Sonu’s chest and one hit Sandeep in his abdomen,” a police officer said. In all, six men had arrived in the two cars.<br /><br />Two-minute shoot-out<br />The attackers carried out the shooting in less than two minutes and sped in the cars before locals could gather at the spot. <br /><br />Police were informed and the two injured were rushed to a hospital.<br /><br />Sonu was declared brought dead while Sandeep is undergoing treatment.<br /><br />Police have obtained the registration number of the two vehicles and are scanning CCTV images from the nearby areas. <br /><br />They have registered a murder case and are investigating.<br /></p>
<p>A 24-year-old hotel employee was shot dead and his friend injured when six men fired several rounds at them near Qutub Minar on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police said they have detained one person and are likely to arrest the culprits soon as they have received vital clues in the case.<br /><br />A financial dispute is being cited as the reason behind the fatal attack.<br /><br />Police officers also said an initial probe suggests that the dead man, identified as Sonu, was not the person the criminals intended to eliminate.<br /><br />His friend Sandeep, who has sustained a bullet injury in the abdomen and is in a serious condition, was possibly the target.<br /><br />Sandeep is a property dealer in Mehrauli of south Delhi and police suspect he was involved in several monetary transactions, one of which must have turned into a dispute.<br />His family members are being questioned and his previous property deals being looked into in a bid to narrow down on suspects, said police.<br /><br />The shooting took place at 1.40 pm while Sandeep, Sonu and their friends, most of them property dealers, were sipping tea at a tea shop near Qutub Minar.<br /><br />They stayed in Lado Sarai, a couple of kilometres away from the crime spot.<br />“Two cars suddenly pulled over near the tea shop and four men armed with guns emerged outside. They fired in the direction of Sandeep and his friends without speaking a word. Two bullets pierced Sonu’s chest and one hit Sandeep in his abdomen,” a police officer said. In all, six men had arrived in the two cars.<br /><br />Two-minute shoot-out<br />The attackers carried out the shooting in less than two minutes and sped in the cars before locals could gather at the spot. <br /><br />Police were informed and the two injured were rushed to a hospital.<br /><br />Sonu was declared brought dead while Sandeep is undergoing treatment.<br /><br />Police have obtained the registration number of the two vehicles and are scanning CCTV images from the nearby areas. <br /><br />They have registered a murder case and are investigating.<br /></p>
