Miscreant fires at parked car, CCTV captures incident

An unidentified person fired at a parked car in SAS Nagar mohalla, causing panic in the area. The vehicle belongs to an Income Tax lawyer, which was parked outside his house. The police also recovered an empty bullet shell from inside the car.

On the complaint of the car owner, Vinkal Sharma, a case was registered against the unidentified person under the Arms Act and sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The complainant in a statement to the police stated that he had parked his Maruti Ritz car outside his house on the night of August 24. When he woke up in the morning, there was a mark of gunshot on the vehicle. On checking CCTV camera, it was found that an unidentified person came and fired at one of the front windowpanes of the car from a pistol and fled the scene.

Investigating officer assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Joginder Singh said after registering a case, further probe was launched and the CCTV footage was procured from the complainant for further investigation.