Teen shot dead by history-sheeter brother in Delhi

New Delhi: An 18-year-old student was allegedly shot dead by his elder brother on Thursday at their house in the Nehru Nagar area of southeast Delhi, police said.

Abhishek Aman, the brother who fired the gun, rushed Akshay Kashyap to the Safdarjung Hospital and then absconded, they said.

Abhishek, a history-sheeter, was later apprehended.

Police said they were informed about the gun firing by the hospital at 6.10 am and a team from Lajpat Nagar Police Station was rushed.

“The report stated that Akshay had been admitted by his brother with a gunshot wound, who later succumbed during treatment,” a police officer said.

According to police, around 1.30 am Thursday, Abhishek, 26, fired a bullet at Akshay during an altercation, fatally wounding him in the head.

Fragments of the bullet also grazed their mother Mohini’s forehead, though she survived with minor injuries.

Abhishek has been registered as a “Bad Character” at Lajpat Nagar Police Station and has four criminal cases registered against him.

“During interrogation, he confessed to the crime, stating that the shooting was a result of an argument. We have recovered the weapon of offence - a pistol with live rounds and a magazine. A case of murder has been registered against Abhishek,” the officer said.

Police said Akshay was a student, while his father, Arun Kumar, runs a home-cooked food tiffin service. Their mother is a homemaker.

In another incident, a 30-year-old man was allegedly beaten by his friend after both of them got into an argument while drinking alcohol.

A PCR call was received on February 4 about an unidentified man lying near Choudhary Heera Singh ki Samadhi near Jindpur Nala in outer north Delhi police said, adding that the victim was later identified as Bhagwan Dass. He was a resident of Etah, Uttar Pradesh, they added.

An FIR was registered and after reviewing CCTV footage of the area, Subhash, a friend of the deceased, was arrested.

Clothes and shoes with bloodstains were found in his possession.

Police said preliminary findings suggest that the two were consuming alcohol together when an argument escalated into a violent altercation.

Police suspect the victim was fatally struck on the head during the scuffle. Further investigation is underway.