Panipat man shot for refusing to compromise in mishap case

Tribune News Service

Panipat, December 15

In a broad daylight murder, a 42-year-old man was shot dead near Paramhans Kutia here today. The accused has been arrested.

The deceased has been identified as Vinod Bharara of Gher Araiyan near Paramhans Kutia here. He was running the Hartron computer centre in Sukhdev Nagar here.

In his police complaint, Virender Kumar, the uncle of the deceased, said on October 5 this year, his nephew was hit by a pick-up driver while he was sitting at the gate of Paramhans Kutia. “In the accident, Vinod’s both legs broke.”

After the incident, a case was registered against the accused driver, identified as Deepak, alias Dev Sunar of Balraj Nagar of Punjab’s Bathinda, at the City police station. The police then arrested Deepak, who was later released on bail.

Around 10-15 days ago, Deepak came to meet Vinod and pressured him for a compromise in the case, but the latter refused. Deepak threatened him of dire consequences, the uncle alleged.

On Wednesday, Deepak, holding a pistol, came to meet Vinod, entered his room and locked it from inside. Vinod’s wife Nidhi raised an alarm. She along with her children Yash, Nidhi and a neighbour tried to open the room but to no avail. In the meantime, Deepak shot Vinod in his head and back. Later, he tried to flee but was caught by the people gathered at the spot. They thrashed him badly before handing him over to the police.

Vinod was immediately taken to a private hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. The police, however, admitted the accused to the General Hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, SP Shashank Kumar Sawan along with DSP Virender Saini, City SHO Inspector Sunil Kumar and a team of the Forensic Science Laboratory reached the crime spot and later at the General Hospital.