A man was shot dead in broad daylight in Delhi鈥檚 Bawana area during a morning walk on Friday.
The victim is the nephew of jailed gangster Manjeet Mahal. Police suspect gang rivalry as the main motive behind the murder, Hindustan Times reported.
As per the reports, infamous gangster Nandu, who is currently in hiding in London, is the prime suspect. Notably, Mahal had a long-standing rivalry with UK-based fugitive gangster Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu.
The victim, 43-year-old Dipak, was on a morning walk in Nangal Thakaran village with his daughter when at least two unidentified killers on a motorcycle opened fire on him.
The attackers reportedly fired seven to eight rounds, killing Dipak on the spot. His daughter sustained pellet injuries to her hand during the incident. She was immediately taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and is now reported to be out of danger, a senior police officer confirmed.
In a similar incident that occurred in Punjab, jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria鈥檚 mother and one other person accompanying her were reportedly shot dead by unidentified people on a bike in Batala. The victim, identified as Harjit Kaur, sustained critical injuries and was transferred to a hospital in Amritsar, news agency PTI reported. She died later from her bullet injuries.
鈥淯nidentified bike-borne persons opened fire when Harjit Kaur and another person Karanvir Singh were in the car,鈥 Deputy Superintendent of Police, Batala, Paramveer Singh said.
Harjit Kaur, who hails from Bhagwanpur, was earlier elected as a member of the village panchayat.
Jailed gangster Jaggu Bhagwanpuria had been detained under the PIT-NDPS Act in March. He was shifted from the central jail in Bathinda to Assam鈥檚 Silchar jail. Meanwhile, Bhagwanpuria was already in the custody of the Punjab Police in the 2022 Sidhu Moosewala murder case, along with several other cases against him.