Overview
- A 26-year-old gym owner, Kapil Redhu, was shot dead during an outdoor training session in Hansi on Thursday after two helmeted men on a motorcycle fired about 10 rounds in roughly five seconds, and a woman nearby was hurt by shrapnel.
- In an earlier pre-dawn incident on the same day two masked men fired several rounds at the 24 Hs Fitness gym in Paschim Vihar, Delhi, shattering glass but causing no injuries.
- Shortly after the shootings, social-media posts and audio clips surfaced that purportedly link both attacks to associates of the Lawrence Bishnoi network, but police say the claims are unverified and are being forensically checked.
- Haryana and Delhi police have opened cases, deployed Crime Investigation Agency and forensic teams, and are analysing CCTV and ballistics to trace the shooters and establish motive.
- The incidents fit a recent pattern of bike-borne hit-and-run firings and overseas-linked digital claims tied to organised gangs, prompting tighter inter-state police coordination and heightened security for public venues.