Overview

• Police received a PCR call at 9:53 am about gunfire near Vijay Mandal Park in Begumpur, Malviya Nagar.
• The victim was identified as Lakhpat Singh Kataria, 55, a local property dealer who had gone for a morning walk.
• Two men allegedly attacked him with a cricket bat and then fired three rounds before fleeing on a motorcycle.
• Kataria was taken to AIIMS Trauma Centre in conscious condition and later died during treatment, according to police.
• A murder case under Section 101 of the BNS and the Arms Act has been registered as investigators review CCTV and probe personal enmity and other angles, with relatives citing a recent encroachment dispute.