Overview
- Three men on a motorcycle opened fire at a parked blue Toyota Innova in Rohini Sector 24 on Friday evening, shattering the windshield but causing no injuries.
- The property dealer had received multiple WhatsApp calls and voice messages between December 26 and 29 demanding roughly Rs 3 crore, which he initially did not report.
- Soon after the gunfire, the victim received a new voice message threatening that his wife and children would be targeted if payment was not made.
- Begumpur police registered an FIR for extortion and attempted murder, dispatched forensic teams to recover cartridges, and are reviewing CCTV to identify the shooters.
- Police are probing a possible link to Himanshu Bhau’s syndicate, though direct involvement is unconfirmed, and officers have now deployed security outside the victim’s residence.