One of the three youths involved in road rage arrested

One of the three youths, who had allegedly opened fire on a property dealer in West Patel Nagar last week in an apparent case of road rage has been arrested by Delhi Police from Sonipat district of Haryana.
Police had launched a massive exercise to identify the suspects after the incident that took place on the night of August 21 which was caught on CCTV placed on a house near the spot.
"On the basis of the CCTV footage, hundreds of houses were checked in the nearby area. Finally, a woman identified one of the three assailants who had rented a room in her house but had left on 22nd itself, a day after the incident," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Central) Alok Kumar.

The details of his identification documents were obtained and a hunt was launched to trace him and finally his location was found in Sonipat district.
"A police team was rushed to Sonipat, Haryana which camped in the area for two days and finally one of the assailants, identified as Jammal was apprehended from his hideout. His interrogation led the police to other two accused Shiv Kumar alias Toni and Jatin Khatri, both residents of Gannaur, Haryana," said Kumar.
Raids at their hideouts revealed that the duo is in judicial custody in a case of Police Station Gannaur.

A day after the shootout at Delhi, the duo made an unsuccessful attempt to rob the owner of a motor workshop at Gannaur market wherein they were caught on the spot and after arrest sent to judicial custody.

Jammal's interrogation revealed that it was Shiv Kumar alias Toni who had opened fire on the property dealer on the fateful night.
Police had got a PCR call on August 21 at 9.49 PM that one Vipin Rajput, a property dealer by profession has been shot by someone. He had sustained bullet injury in his stomach and was admitted in B L Kapoor hospital.
Rajput had an altercation with the trio near his office in West Patel Nagar when his car touched them while he was reversing it. They initially had an argument but after that the trio walked away.

But the victim followed them in his car and tried to stop them by halting his car close to them and in the process hitting them again. A scuffle broke out among them and in the midst of it one of the assailants had fired a shot injuring the victim. The victim was rushed to the hospital by his friend who was accompanying him in his car.
Police had registered a case of attempt to murder in this connection at Patel Nagar Police Station.