Police reported on Sunday that a 30-year-old pregnant woman died during treatment after being allegedly fired at by her neighbour in the Samaypur Badli district for complaining to loud music.
According to Delhi police, two more suspects have been apprehended. Ranju has been recognised as the dead.
According to the authorities, the woman was eight months pregnant at the time of the event and had a miscarriage as a result of it.
Detailing the incident, the police said, “A PCR call was received at around 00:15 AM on April 3 at Samaypur Badli Police Station infroming that a woman has been allegedly shot by her neighbour when she asked him to stop the DJ.”
The accused has been identified as Harish, added the police.
Police said, “Upon receiving the information over call, the police reached the spot and found that the injured lady was already shifted to Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh Delhi. The crime scene was inspected by the crime team.
“Doctors at the hospital mentioned that the victim had suffered a gunshot injury in her neck,” added the police.
Later, the police also recorded the statement of an eyewitness, who is the sister-in-law of the injured.
In her statement, the eye-witness alleged, “Harish lives across the street in the same colony at Samaypur Badli area. On April 2, there was a programme of “kuwa pujan” of Harish’s son in which DJ was playing.”
“Hearing loud noise my sister-in-law Ranju and I came to the balcony and asked Harish to stop the DJ. After this, a bullet hit her which was fired by Harish who took the gun from Amit,” added the eye-witness.
“On the basis of the statement of the victim’s sister-in-law, a case U/s 307/34 Indian Penal Code and 27 Arms Act was registered against the accused involved. Both Harish and Amit have been apprehended,” said the police.
The police later stated that they had added Section 302IPC to the Complaint.
An investigation into the matter is currently underway.
