Smugglers kill anti-drug activist in Delhi
Monday - October 1, 2018 11:16 pm ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi Oct 1 (IANS) An activist who had been fighting drug smugglers and local criminals in south Delhi s Taimoor Nagar was gunned down by two suspected smugglers who came to buy drugs near his residence police said on Monday.
The incident occurred on Sunday night at around 9 p.m when the victim Rupesh 28 was playing with his children outside his residence.
The attackers first stabbed a drug peddler when they did not get fine quality drugs from him and later attacked Rupesh.
CCTV installed outside Rupesh s residence captured the attackers running away. One wearing a white cap opened fire at Rupesh after he objected to their abusive language victim s wife Monica told IANS.
"I was standing at the balcony and saw the crime. I raised an alarm and ran to help my husband. He was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries " she said.
"My husband and his elder brother Umesh along with locals had launched an anti-drug campaign in Taimoor Nagar. They had earlier complained to the local police the DCP s office and also to the Police Commissioner but nothing happened. Some drug smugglers had threatened my husband and his brother " she said.
Hundreds of people blocked traffic on major roads in the area for a couple of hours demanding early arrest of the killers. A mob torched a motorcycle and damaged a few vehicles in the area before the police used force to disperse the stone-pelting crowd.
"We have detained some drug smugglers and are trying to identify the accused. We will soon nab the attackers " Deputy Commissioner of Police Chinmoy Biswal said.
"A vigilance inquiry has been ordered by the Joint Commissioner of Police to look into the lapses and omissions by the local police " Biswal added.
The victim s family has demanded police protection for Umesh.
--IANS sp/nir
The incident occurred on Sunday night at around 9 p.m when the victim Rupesh 28 was playing with his children outside his residence.
The attackers first stabbed a drug peddler when they did not get fine quality drugs from him and later attacked Rupesh.
CCTV installed outside Rupesh s residence captured the attackers running away. One wearing a white cap opened fire at Rupesh after he objected to their abusive language victim s wife Monica told IANS.
"I was standing at the balcony and saw the crime. I raised an alarm and ran to help my husband. He was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries " she said.
"My husband and his elder brother Umesh along with locals had launched an anti-drug campaign in Taimoor Nagar. They had earlier complained to the local police the DCP s office and also to the Police Commissioner but nothing happened. Some drug smugglers had threatened my husband and his brother " she said.
Hundreds of people blocked traffic on major roads in the area for a couple of hours demanding early arrest of the killers. A mob torched a motorcycle and damaged a few vehicles in the area before the police used force to disperse the stone-pelting crowd.
"We have detained some drug smugglers and are trying to identify the accused. We will soon nab the attackers " Deputy Commissioner of Police Chinmoy Biswal said.
"A vigilance inquiry has been ordered by the Joint Commissioner of Police to look into the lapses and omissions by the local police " Biswal added.
The victim s family has demanded police protection for Umesh.
--IANS sp/nir
