Man shot dead in Faridabad

Sanjay Chaturvedi

 A case of murder of a man kept the city tensed on Monday and Tuesday. Vinod, a resident of village Prahladpur Majra Badraula in Faridabad was killed by unidentified men. Vikram, brother of the deceased Vinod said that he received a call of SHO Central Bharat Bhushan informing the killing of Vinod. Vikram was told that the body of the victim is kept at a private hospital in Sector-16. On reaching the hospital he came to know that some Pankaj has came to admit Vinod in a critical condition. He was also told that there were 3-4 men with him at the time he came to hospital. However, he escaped immediately after handing over Vinod to the doctors. On reaching the hospital the family found Vinod already dead. He died due to bullet injury, said the family. Agitated over the culprits fleeing away from the hospital, the family blocked the traffic on the sector 15-16 intersection for about two hours on Monday keeping the body of the deceased on road. The protestors were demanding immediate arrest of the culprits. However, after the Congress MLA Lalit Nagar stepping in to mediate in the matter the people let the traffic restored. Nagar assured an early action in the matter.

Later, Mahesh Kumar, brother of the deceased filed a complaint with the police in which he said that on Monday he was with his brother Vinod and they have gone to a factory to resolve some old dispute. The duo was also accompanied by their cousins Sachin and Babloo. He said that a few influential people from the village were also with them to settle the matter. After discussion Mahesh, Vinod and Sachin started for home in their Bolero car. On the way back to home they were intercepted by a Honda City car having Pankaj Bhardwaj and Savant, both residents of Faridabad, in it. Vinod was asked by Pankaj to accompany them in their car. He agreed and asked his brothers to proceed to home and said that he would be coming with Pankaj later. However, in the evening the family got the message of Vinod being killed by someone. Vinod was found shot at from a close range. The family accused Pankaj Bhardwaj and Sawant of killing Vinod. A case was registered with Police Station Central Faridabad under Section 302 of IPC and Sections 25/54/59 of Arms Act.