36-year-old shot dead in front of his kids in Gurugram

Sanjay Yadav

Gurugram, May 11

In a shocking incident a 36-year-old gym owner was allegedly gunned down in front of his children at the Naurangpur mini-stadium here on early Monday morning.

The victim, identified as Manjeet Yadav, had gone for a morning walk with his 15-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son to the mini-stadium when unidentified assailants came in an SUV and opened fire at him, killing him at the spot. The assailants later fled from the scene. The incident led to panic in the area.

Though the accused are yet to be identified, police suspect it to be yet another crime pertaining to the newspaper distribution mafia.

The victim’s wife told us that he had taken up newspaper distribution in the Vatika area and was getting threat calls to stop it, said police.

According to police, Manjeet Yadav, alias Manjeet Pehalwan, hailed from Wazirpur village in Delhi and was staying at his uncle’s farmhouse in Shikohpur village along with his family for the last few years.

As part of his daily routine, Yadav left home for a walk to the mini-stadium at Naurangpur village around 5:00 am on Monday with his children.

Onlookers told police that the children were exercising on the walking track opposite their father when three men stepped out of a Creta car and pulled out their guns and started firing at Manjeet.

Yadav sustained eight bullet injuries and died on the spot, while the accused fled, onlookers added.

The children raised an alarm and called their father’s uncle who called the police.

The police rushed reached the spot and rushed Yadav to a nearby private hospital where doctors declared him as brought dead.

“I got a call about the incident and reached spot with my son Hariom and nephew Yogesh only to find Manjeet’s body lying in a pool of blood. The way he was killed looked like a conspired murder,” Manjeet’s maternal uncle and complainant Jaipal told the police.

On his complaint, an FIR was registered against unidentified accused under sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC and section 25-54-59 of the Arms Act at the Kherki Daula police station.

“We have fetched all the available CCTV footage and got some leads. Prima facie, it seems an outcome of rivalry between newspaper distributors. The deceased was involved in total five cases, including a murder at toll plaza. We are investigating with all angles,” said Deepak Saharan, DCP, Manesar.

Manjeet had been booked for extortion and firing at Kherki Daula in the past.

Notably, Gurugram has witnessed murders over newspaper distribution in the past as well.