19-year-old nabbed in hospital shooting case

Samad Hoque

New Delhi, July 17

The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested another accused, 19-year-old Moin, in the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital shooting case, officials said.

In a case of mistaken identity, 32-year-old Riyazuddin was shot by a teenager inside a ward of GTB Hospital here on Sunday.

The police on Monday nabbed two accused — Faiz (20) from Loni in Uttar Pradesh and Farhan from Delhi’s Chauhan Banger area — but said they did not fire the shots on Sunday, but provided logistic support to the main accused.

On Tuesday, the police said a rival of jailed gangster Hashim Baba was the original target of the attackers.

The accused had gone to kill Waseem (33), who is facing multiple criminal cases and had threatened the jailed criminal over gang rivalry a few months ago, a police officer had said.

According to the police, the mastermind behind the incident, Faheem, had kept Moin (19) as a backup plan in case the original plan failed.

Moin, a resident of Loni, Ghaziabad, and brother of Faiz, was among the main conspirators, the police said.

“Moin visited GTB Hospital four times before the shooting incident and collected details about its entry and exit gates,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Surendra Choudhary said. He conducted the recce for four continuous days along with associates Ayan, Aman and Shavez, he said.

Moin had also hidden the bike that was used to flee from the hospital.