Overview
- Police said 36-year-old goldsmith Samir Das was shot in the abdomen after a late-night argument over an auto-rickshaw fare near his under-construction home in Narkhuda around 1 a.m. on November 20.
- Within 24 hours, two accused were arrested, the weapon was seized, and the complainant’s mobile phone was recovered, according to Shamshabad police.
- The firearm has been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory to determine its exact nature following differing accounts about whether it was an air gun or a conventional gun.
- Doctors treated Das at a private hospital and he is reported to be in stable condition after sustaining a bleeding stomach injury.
- The dispute began when the driver allegedly demanded ₹800 and the victim offered ₹500, and witnesses reported verbal abuse targeting him as an outsider before the assault, with the victim calling Dial 100 to alert police.