A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly shooting a man dead in revenge for humiliation.
Published Date – 11:16 PM, Tue – 10 October 23
New Delhi: A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly shooting a man dead in revenge for humiliation, police said on Tuesday.
The accused has been identified as Vishal, a resident of Dev Nagar in Karol Bagh, they said.
On Thursday around 1.50 am, Prasad Nagar Police Station got information that a man was shot at outside gali number-1 of Krishna Nagar in Dev Nagar area, police said.
The injured, identified as Keshav Kakkar, was shifted to BLK Hospital in west Delhi’s Patel Nagar area where he succumbed to his wounds.
At the hospital, police questioned Kakkar’s friends, who alleged Kakkar was shot by Vishal.
Police got a tip-off that Vishal was trying to escape from Delhi and was going to meet one of his friends in Jafrabad. A trap was laid near Jafrabad Metro Station and Vishal was nabbed, Deputy Commissioner of Police (central) Sanjay Kumar Sain said.
During questioning, Vishal revealed that he had a tussle with Kakkar, who had humiliated him publicly last year, and that he shot him to take revenge for the insult, police said.
According to police, Vishal and Kakkar both were involved in cases of murder, extortion, and attempt to murder.
