20-year-old powerlifter shot dead in Sonepat
A 20-year-old youth was shot dead in Pragati Nagar on Sunday afternoon.
The deceased has been identified as Vansh, a resident of Vikas Nagar. He was a gold medallist in powerlifting. According to information, Vansh was doing graduation in humanities stream and had gone to meet his classmates at Pragati Nagar on his motorcycle, which he had parked in the corner of the street.
Sometime later, Kuldeep reached the spot in a car and began honking. After hearing the horn, Vansh came out from his friend’s house to move his motorcycle. However, Kuldeep started an altercation with him. Later, Vansh’s classmates Akshita and Vanshika also came out and tried to calm down Kuldeep, but he started thrashing them. As Vansh tried to stop Kuldeep, he took out a pistol from his car and fired at him.
Sources said Kuldeep fired four to five shots at Vansh. They said the accused somehow managed to escape along with his family members after locking the house.
The passersby immediately rushed Vansh to the Civil Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries during treatment. Vansh had won a gold medal in powerlifting at the district level in 2023 and won a silver medal at the national level tournament in 2024.
After getting information, DCP (Crime) Narender Singh Kadyan, ACP Rahul Dev along with Anti-Gangster Unit In-charge Inspector Ajay Dhankar and SHO Mahesh Kumar reached the spot.
ACP Dev said 20-year-old youth was shot dead at Pragati Nagar and the accused had been identified. He said the teams were raiding to nab the accused.
A case was registered against Kuldeep under various Sections of the BNS and probe was underway, he said.
“The actual reason behind the murder will be known after interrogation of the accused. Prima facie it seems that parking issue led to the altercation and murder of the youth,” said ACP Dev.
