Man fires at uncles’ house over family dispute, held

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested 24-year-old Sahil, alias Mayank Manchanda, alias Janu, who allegedly opened fire at his maternal uncle’s house in Subhash Nagar last week to “teach him a lesson,” a police spokesperson said.

They added the accused was enraged over an ongoing car ownership dispute and pressure from his uncle to compromise in the 2022 murder trial of his father, Manoj Manchanda.

According to officials, Sahil and his associate drove to his uncle’s residence in a car and fired multiple rounds before fleeing. The incident, which took place on October 2, was captured in CCTV footage, and several used cartridges were recovered from the scene.

A case under relevant sections of the BNS and Arms Act was registered at the Rajouri Garden Police Station and investigation was taken up, an official said.

Following the incident, Sahil went into hiding, frequently changing locations in Roorkee, Uttarakhand. Acting on a tip-off, a team from Crime Branch laid a trap near the Rajouri Garden Metro Station and apprehended the accused. Sahil confessed that tensions with his maternal uncle had been escalating since his father’s death in 2022. His father was killed in Paharganj during a family quarrel. Sahil alleged that his uncle had been coercing him to withdraw from the murder trial.