NEW DELHI: A 36-year-old cab driver was shot dead and a roadside beggar accidentally sustained a bullet injury after confrontation ensued between the cabbie and a battery rickshaw driver following a road accident.
The deceased, identified as Md. Saquib, married two years back and is survived by his wife and 8-months-old son. The accused is still at large.
DCP (north) Manoj Kumar Meena said they received an information from the LNJP Hospital that Mohammad Sakib, a resident of Zakir Nagar was admitted along with a teenager named Luv Khush (15), a resident of Palwal.
“We got information that during treatment, Sakib, who had suffered a gunshot injury on his upper abdomen, succumbed to injuries,” he said.
He said that the cab approaching from Kodia Pul to the Chatta Rail Crossing allegedly hit a battery e-rickshaw, which led to an altercation between both the drivers. The cab driver, Saquib, was forcibly dragged out of his vehicle by two persons, he said.
“The cab driver managed to apprehend one of his assailants,” the officer further said, adding that one of the assailants shot Sakib and Luv Kush, a local beggar. Both were rushed to LNJP hospital where Saquib died during treatment. “Forensic analysis has been conducted, and an FIR has been registered under relevant sections of IPC and the Arms Act,” the DCP added.
Saquib’s friend called the incident extremely unfortunate and remembered him as a humble man. “We are worried about the future of his wife and eight-month-old son,” said Shah Faisal, a family friend of Sakib.
Faisal said that the entire incident has been caught on CCTV cameras. “Sakib was not at fault. After the collision, an altercation ensued between Sakib and the e-rickshaw driver. All of a sudden two men on a scooter reached the spot and picked a fight with him,” Faisal said, adding that passersby first intervened and the matter was sorted out.
He alleged that the two attackers tried to snatch Sakib’s cell phone. “Those two men started thrashing Sakib, dragged him out and in the melee, one brandished a gun and fired a few rounds,” he said.
Worried about family
Saquib’s friend called the incident extremely unfortunate and remembered him as a humble man. “We are worried about the future of his wife and eight-month-old son,” said Shah Faisal. He said that the entire incident has been caught on CCTV cameras. “Sakib was not at fault. After the collision, an altercation ensued between Sakib and e-rickshaw driver.”