Gun culture spreading rapidly in Delhi

Posted on April 9, 2008 0 Comments68


Three recent separate incidents of shootings in New Delhi underline the rapidly-spreading gun culture.


At around 9 pm, four men in a Maruti Zen were stopped by three others in a Honda CRV at the Ashok Vihar market in North West Delhi. Five bullets were fired and two of them were in the air. Two men in the Zen ended up with bullet injuries.


Police say personal differences triggered the violence. But both groups are claiming they were shot at first.”They had threatened us in the evening. We went to the D block. They came to the temple and parked their car in front of ours. When we came out, they abused us. They first fired five to six shots in the air, and then shot at us,” said Kunal Khari, victim.


”We were going and there was a blue Maruti Zen which tried to overtake us. The moment we got a chance, I put my car in front of theirs and went up to them. He fired at me and in reply I fired at him too,” said Shiv Kumar, another victim.


Rs 30 lakh robbed at gunpoint


At around 5 pm, a CMS agency van was robbed. The agency collects cash from authorised liquor vends in the city. Its staff members were collecting money at Masjid Moth in South Delhi.Eyewitnesses say some men threw chilli powder into the eyes of the guard and the driver of the CMS vehicle. They tried to snatch the guard’s rifle, which went off.
The bullet grazed the gurad’s shoulder. The robbers escaped with 30 lakh rupees.”The men were in four Sumo vans. They tried to blind the men in the CMS van by throwing red chilli powder into their eyes. They tried to snatch the gun from the guard and also shot him. None of these vehicles had license plates,” said Sanjay Kumar, an eyewitness.


Man shot dead in car


At 10 am, three men on a motorcycle shot dead electronics shop owner Anil Gupta in South Delhi’s Kalkaji. Gupta was on his way to his shop in Chandni Chowk. The attackers stopped Gupta’s car, shot him twice and escaped. The police are investigating if Gupta had a dispute with anyone.


As reported in NDTV

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