Overview
- Police in East Delhi say four people are now in custody after a quarrel over parking turned into a fatal shooting early Monday in Preet Vihar.
- The victim, 34-year-old trader Pankaj Nayyar, was shot in the chest during a fight outside his family’s building and was declared dead at a Nirman Vihar hospital.
- Officers registered a case under murder provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act, used CCTV and phone data to track suspects, and arrested main accused Gaurav Sharma in Model Town within hours.
- Those held include Sharma, his stepson Siddharth, cousin Sunil Sharma, and friend Chain Singh, while police examine claims that Sharma had threatened the victim’s family earlier the same day and review any role of a minor son.
- Police say an illegal pistol was used in the shooting and are still tracing the weapon, and the case has renewed focus on stilt-parking shortages and easy access to guns that have fueled repeated neighborhood clashes in Delhi.