Teen shot dead by history-sheeter brother in Delhi

An 18-year-old student was allegedly shot dead by his elder brother on Thursday at their house in the Nehru Nagar area of southeast Delhi, the police said.

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Abhishek Aman, the brother who fired the gun, rushed Akshay Kashyap to Safdarjung Hospital and then fled, they said. Abhishek, a history-sheeter, was later apprehended.

The police said they were informed about the incident by the hospital at 6.10 am, following which a team from the Lajpat Nagar police station was rushed.

“The report stated that Akshay had been admitted by his brother with a gunshot wound, who later succumbed during treatment,” a police officer said.

According to the police, Abhishek (26) fired a bullet at Akshay during an altercation, fatally wounding him in the head, around 1.30 am on Thursday.

Fragments of the bullet also grazed their mother Mohini’s forehead, though she survived with minor injuries.

Abhishek has been registered as a “bad character” at the Lajpat Nagar police station and has four criminal cases registered against him.

“During interrogation, he confessed to the crime, stating that the shooting was a result of an argument. We have recovered a pistol with live rounds and a magazine. A case of murder has been registered against Abhishek,” the officer said.

The police said Akshay was a student, while his father, Arun Kumar, runs a home-cooked food tiffin service. Their mother is a homemaker.