Minor among three held for staging firing incident in Northeast Delhi to evade repaying loans
The matter came to light on Saturday, when Anish, the builder, reported the shooting to the police. In his complaint, he had claimed that he suspected that a financier, from whom he had borrowed money, had fired at the premises to intimidate him.
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After examining CCTV footage of the area, the police traced a suspect, Mursleen from Jafrabad and arrested him.In an attempt to evade repaying loans, a builder who allegedly staged a firing in front of his shop in Northeast Delhi’s Maujpur, was arrested by the police on Monday. Apart from the builder, identified as Mohammad Anish, the police have arrested two suspects including a 16-year-old shooter.
The matter came to light on Saturday, when Anish, the builder, reported the shooting to the police. In his complaint, he had claimed that he suspected that a financier, from whom he had borrowed money, had fired at the premises to intimidate him.
“At about 2:30 pm on Saturday, upon arriving at his office, he found the glass of his window broken…At the scene, the police team recovered an empty cartridge from the street,” said DCP North East, Ashish Mishra. The police had then registered a case at Jafrabad police station under sections 324(6) (mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) along with sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act.
After examining CCTV footage of the area, the police traced a suspect, Mursleen from Jafrabad and arrested him. Upon questioning, Mursleen allegedly admitted that he had arranged the shooting following receiving instructions from Anish. He allegedly told the police that he also used the pistol that the builder had provided. The police subsequently arrested Anish and apprehended the shooter, a 16-year-old teen.
“During questioning, Anish admitted that he owed a large sum to an acquaintance who was pressuring him for repayment. He staged the firing to falsely implicate his financier and evade payment,” said DCP Mishra.
The police subsequently added BNS sections 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) and 95 (hiring, employing or engaging a child to commit an offence) to the case registered. According to the police, Anish had been involved in two previous cases of theft.
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