Gym owner gunned down in Gurugram

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Gurugram, May 11

In a shocking incident, a 36-year-old gym owner, was allegedly gunned down in front of his children at the Naurangpur mini-stadium today.

The incident has created panic in the area. Though the accused are yet to be identified, the police suspect it to be yet another crime pertaining to the newspaper distribution mafia. The victim’s wife told the police that he was now taking up newspaper distribution in the Vatika area and was getting threat calls to stop the same, said the police.

According to the police, Manjeet Yadav, alias Manjeet Pehalwan, hailed from Vajirpur village in Delhi and was staying with his family at his uncle’s farmhouse in Shikohpur village for the past some years. As part of his daily routine, he left for morning walk to the mini-stadium around 5 am with his children.

The onlookers told the police that the children were exercising on the walking track opposite their father when a Creta car came there and three men stepped out. They pulled out guns and began firing at Manjeet. He sustained eight bullets and died on spot while the accused fled the scene. The children raised an alarm and called their father’s uncle who called the police. The police rushed him to a nearby private hospital where doctors declared him him brought dead.

“I got a call about the incident and reached the spot with my son Hariom and nephew Yogesh.We found Manjeet’s body lying in a pool of blood. The way he was killed seems like a conspired murder”, the deceased’s maternal uncle and complainant Jaipal told the police.

On his complaint, an FIR has been registered against the unidentified accused under Sections 302 (murder), 34 (common intention) of the IPC and section25-54-59 of the Arms Act at the Kherki Daula police station.

“We have taken all available CCTV footage and got some leads. Prima facie it seems to be an outcome of a rivalry between the newspaper distributors. The deceased was involved in total five cases, including a murder, at the toll plaza. We are investigating all angles,” said Deepak Saharan, DCP, Manesar.

Prior to this, the city has also witnessed many murders over newspaper distribution. The deceased had been booked for extortion and also firing at Kherki Daula in the past, so the police are also probing gang war angle.