Multiple Shots Fired in Paschim Vihar and Najafgarh; Police Investigate.

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On Wednesday afternoon, three unknown men riding a motorcycle fired several shots at Raj Mandir Hypermarket in Meera Bagh, Paschim Vihar, Outer Delhi. This happened around 2:23 pm, as reported by the police. Just minutes after, they fired shots at a motor repair workshop in Najafgarh.

At the hypermarket scene, police found seven or eight bullet casings and broken glass doors, but fortunately, no one was hurt.

The police shared that the hypermarket owner had recently received threats from a criminal named Kapil Sangwan, also known as Nandu. Sangwan, currently believed to be in the UK, has connections with Lawrence Bishnoi’s gang. He is wanted for several crimes, including the murder of Nafe Singh Rathee, a leader from Haryana, which happened in February. Originally from Najafgarh, Sangwan has 18 cases against him for murder, attempted murder, extortion, and robbery in Delhi, Haryana, and Rajasthan. He was caught in Rajasthan in 2016, but in 2019, Delhi Police booked him under the MCOCA. In 2020, after being released on parole, he left for the UK.

Around 4:14 pm on Wednesday, Dwarka DCP Ankit Singh reported that Chhawla police station received a call about another shooting, this time at a workshop in Najafgarh owned by 46-year-old Joginder Singh. According to reports, three men came to the workshop in Durga Park, Dinpur, on a motorcycle. One man stayed outside, while the other two, with their faces covered, went inside and fired five shots, hitting a parked Alto car.

There have been other shootings recently in Outer Delhi. On Monday, two property dealers’ offices in Nangloi and Alipur were targeted. The Nangloi incident happened outside a property dealer’s office around 1:30 pm, and the Alipur shooting followed at 3 pm. By Tuesday, the Crime Branch had arrested two members of the Gogi gang in connection with these cases, including one minor.