A 22-year-old medical store employee was shot dead by three bike-borne assailants at Banthla-Chirodi Road in Ghaziabad’s Loni late Thursday evening, police said.
The police officer said the three suspects named in the FIR were on the run and multiple teams have been formed to trace them.
The friend was called in for questioning, but he has not revealed anything significant regarding the murder. “While the victim was at his friend’s shop, three bikers arrived and fired shots at him before fleeing. His friend informed his family and rushed him to a hospital in Delhi, where he was declared dead on arrival. The officer, however, underlined that an investigation was underway to establish the exact motive behind the killing.
The victim, identified as Sonu Khan, a resident of the nearby Chirodi area, was having snacks at a friend’s shop in the market around 9 pm when the attack took place. Khan’s family lodged a formal complaint early Friday morning, following which an FIR under Section 103(1) (murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) was registered against four persons.
The victim sustained at least two bullet injuries,” said Ram Kishan, assistant commissioner of police (ACP), Loni Circle. Kishan said the family has raised suspicions about the involvement of the victim’s friend, who had called him to his shop.
