Close X
Sunday, February 16, 2025
ADVT 
India

Delhi Police officer's son shoots man in head near IGI

Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 Aug, 2021 11:44 AM
  • Delhi Police officer's son shoots man in head near IGI

New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) A man was allegedly shot in the head near Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, while he was going in his car along with his friends early on Wednesday.

The victim, who was identified as Sandeep Bhati, was in his Hyundai Verna along with three friends when the incident took place around 5 a.m., according to the police. He is learnt to be critical and undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Noida.

The police said the accused fired two bullets at Bhati's car. The first one hit the rear glass of the vehicle while the second hit Bhati on his head.

"We received information through PCR call and when we reached the spot, we were informed by one of his (Bhati) friends that they were on their way back from a temple in Bhiwadi when an unknown person started following them from the airport," said Ingit Pratap Singh, DCP Southwest district.

The accused has been identified as Nitin Singh Raghuvanshi and a case has been registered under IPC sections for rash driving, attempted murder and the Arms Act on the complaint of Bhati's friends, the DCP told IANS.

He informed that during the investigation, police scanned CCTV footage from the Delhi-Gurugram border to Kalkaji and identified the Swift car that was driven by the accused.

"After the firing incident, accused Nitin Raghuvanshi went to Kalkaji and sent his car to a repair shop in Okhla from where our team has seized it. His mother, Archana, is a Delhi Police officer. The family lives in a police colony in Kalkaji," Singh added.

MORE India ARTICLES

Cong panel on Punjab meets MLAs to find common ground for truce

Cong panel on Punjab meets MLAs to find common ground for truce
In the Monday meet Congress state president Sunil Jakhar met the committee constituted by party president Sonia Gandhi comprising of Mallikarjun Kharge, JP Aggarwal and General Secretary In charge of the state Harish Rawat.

Cong panel on Punjab meets MLAs to find common ground for truce

CUDDLES FOUNDATION: Providing Nutrition to Kids in Need

CUDDLES FOUNDATION: Providing Nutrition to Kids in Need
Located primarily in Pune, Raipur, and Mumbai - Cuddles Nutrition Centers are active in 33 hospitals across India including TATA Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, AIIMS in Delhi, amongst others.

CUDDLES FOUNDATION: Providing Nutrition to Kids in Need

2nd encounter erupts in Kashmir in less than 12 hours (Ld)

2nd encounter erupts in Kashmir in less than 12 hours (Ld)
The firefight at Sopore was the second encounter that erupted in Kashmir in less than 12 hours after an exchange of fire between between terrorists and security forces at Ganapora area of Shopian district in south Kashmir earlier on Friday.

2nd encounter erupts in Kashmir in less than 12 hours (Ld)

Two held for cheating 50 Covid patients on pretext of O2 cylinders

Two held for cheating 50 Covid patients on pretext of O2 cylinders
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Shahdara, R. Sathiyasundaram said that Vivek Vihar police station personnel arrested the two fraudsters -- Ritik Kumar Singh, of Bihar's Ara district and Sandeep Panday, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur -- who used to make promises to provide oxygen cylinder at doorsteps, received money through digital transactions, and then, disappeared.

Two held for cheating 50 Covid patients on pretext of O2 cylinders

India crosses 20 crore vaccinations mark in 130 days

India crosses 20 crore vaccinations mark in 130 days
On the 130th day, the cumulative Covid vaccination coverage stood at 20,06,62,456 doses, including 15,71,49,593 first doses and 4,35,12,863 second doses, as per data available at 7 a.m. on Wednesday.  India is the second country after the US, which took 124 days, to achieve this level.

India crosses 20 crore vaccinations mark in 130 days

Maharashtra peasants mark 6 months of farmers' agitation

Maharashtra peasants mark 6 months of farmers' agitation
At several places including outside the Delhi borders, the farmers burnt effigies of the Central government, hoisted black flags on their homes, farms or vehicles to condemn the farm laws and demanding their rollback as over 470 farmers' lives have been lost in the past six months.

Maharashtra peasants mark 6 months of farmers' agitation