A 43-year-old software company executive who lived in Singapore was allegedly shot dead by a neighbour at his Faridabad family residence late on Friday, with the assailant firing 15-19 rounds that left the victim dead at the spot.
In the complaint, Dhankhar’s family had alleged verbal abuse and damage to the entrance gate for objecting to the pup defecating in the parking lot, including over the opening of the underground water tank. “He emptied one magazine and then loaded another one and emptied it too. “He will be taken on police remand.
Overall, he had fired at least 19 rounds, with at least nine hitting Dhankhar. An FIR was filed, naming Sharma, his wife and two children under sections 103 (1) (murder), 109(1) (attempt to murder), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), 3(5) (common intention) and 61 (criminal conspiracy) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Surajkund police station on Saturday.
A senior police officer privy to the investigation, said that Dhankhar tried to save himself but Sharma opened fire at close range. There were multiple bullet marks on Dhankhar’s Mahindra XUV 7XO, floor and walls of the stilt area,” the officer said. Varun Kumar Dahiya, assistant commissioner of police (crime), said Sharma was arrested from Dealer Chowk in Ballabagarh. His wife and children have also been made accused for criminal conspiracy but were yet to be arrested,” Dewan said. Family members and police said that Sharma probably planned to murder Dhankhar, since he had gone downstairs with the handgun and two loaded magazines. “When we reached the spot, the handgun holster, pistol and two magazines were recovered from the stilt area by police,” Manuj Bajaj, Dhankhar’s close friend, told HT.
On Friday morning, police had summoned Sharma to the Ankhir police post on Dhankhar’s complaint.
“A week ago, Sharma had broken one of the three stilt entrance gates Dhankhar had constructed to avoid a dispute. Dhankhar is survived by his parents, wife and two children—a 14-year-old daughter and an 18-year-old son— who lived in the same building.
Relatives of the victim said that the two families had been embroiled in a dispute for the past three months over the Sharma’s German Shepherd pup defecating in the parking on the ground floor, following which Dhankhar’s family had filed a police complaint. He had filed a police complaint,” a relative, requesting anonymity, said. The suspect’s family lived on the second floor, police said.
