Diwali 2024: A Delhi man and teenage nephew were shot dead

A double murder took place in Delhi involving a 40-year-old man and his teenage nephew.

A double murder happened in Delhi involving a 40-year-old man and his teenage nephew. CCTV footage showed a person touching Akash Sharma’s feet before the assailant accompanying him chased and fired at him as he walked back home. Police are probing the double murder from personal enmity and property dispute angles.

A 40-year-old man and his teenage nephew were killed in Delhi.

A 40-year-old man and his teenage nephew were celebrating Diwali at their home in northeast Delhi’s Bihari Colony. They were killed after a man fired at them on the instructions of a person on a scooter. CCTV footage of the same shows the person touching Akash Sharma’s feet before the assailant chased and fired at him as he walked back home.

The teenage nephew was seen running after the assailants before they shot him.

The teenage nephew was seen running after the assailants before he was shot dead. A 1.35-minute video clip of the double murder in Delhi has now gone viral on social media. The clip shows Sharma helping Rishabh, 16, place firecrackers in the lane outside their house when a person stops his scooter near him. Another person is seen walking along the scooter before shooting them dead.

What did the police say?

Police said that they were looking into the double murder case from personal enmity and property dispute angles. Family members of Sharma said that Rishabh was shot in his neck when he caught hold of the assailant’s weapon. His 10-year-old was inside the house when he suffered a bullet in his hand.

Prashant Gautam, Deputy police commissioner, said that the Farsh Bazar police station was informed about the firing incident in Bihari Colony on Thursday around 8.30 pm. A team rushed immediately to the scene and found that three members of the family had suffered bullet injuries and that at least five rounds had been fired. Gautam said that the 10-year-old boy is undergoing treatment in hospital. The police said that one of the suspects, believed to be a minor, had been apprehended and was being examined.