New Delhi: In a gruesome incident, a Delhi Police head constable allegedly killed a 21-year-old food delivery worker in southwest Delhi’s Jafarpur Kalan area on Sunday. The constable, who was posted the special cell, fatally shot the worker with his service-issued Glock pistol following an argument and also injured the victim’s 30-year-old friend.
Victim went to celebrate birthday celebration
The special cell nabbed the accused, Neeraj Balhara, near Rohtak on Sunday evening and handed him over to local police. The incident took place at around 2 am in Rawta village. The victim Pandav, a resident of Bindapur, and his friend Krishan attended the celebration of the second birthday of a relative’s son who hails from Bihar’s Khagariya and has living there for 30 years.
The attendees began to disperse after the cake-cutting ceremony, and with 13 people going to the main road for transport. Pandav, Krishan and another friend, Deepak (21), left on a motorcycle. Neeraj, a resident of 15 years in the neighbourhood, went up to the group and questioned their presence.
Accused was intoxicated when he fired
According to Deepak, the accused was intoxicated when he came out. He added, “Our friends had moved ahead at that point. We were speaking in our native language when the man turned abusive and targeted us for being from Bihar. He became increasingly aggressive, pulled out a pistol, placed it on the motorcycle’s handle, and fired at close range.” Rupesh has also alleged that the accused abused them for migrating from Bihar.
Neeraj fired one shot at Pandav’s chest, and the bullet went through the victim’s chest to hit Krishan, who was sitting directly behind him, in the right abdomen. He allegedly continued to issue threats and escaped. Their friends took them to the hospital, where Pandav was declared brought dead. Krishan is being treated at Deen Dayal Upadhayay Hospital. The accused hails from Haryana’s Rohtak district and had been known to be aggressive. In 2006, he joined the force and the police have registered a case of murder and attempt to murder under sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Arms Act.