Man killed, shots fired at another's house as 3 minors go on rampage

The Delhi Police have apprehended three minors who allegedly went on a shooting spree in northeast Delhi in the early hours of Saturday, killing a 24-year-old man in the process. Officers said the boys, aged between 16 and 17 years, have links to jailed gangster Hashim Baba.

- Hemani Bhandari

Police said the minors first opened fire at three men with whom they had a monetary dispute in Kabir Nagar near Welcome, killing one of them, before travelling nearly 5km on a stolen scooter to Jyoti Nagar and opening fire at a house on orders of a local gangster.

Deputy commissioner of police (northeast) Rakesh Paweriya said the three were apprehended within hours of the murder being reported.

Giving details of the case, officers said the police control room received a call at 1:39 a.m. from the Guru Teg Bahadur hospital, informing them that two men had been brought with gunshot injuries, with one of them declared dead on arrival. Police identified the deceased as Mohammed Nadeem, 24. The injured was identified as Shahnawaz (goes by one name), 23.