Overview

• Shortly after 2 a.m. on August 4 in Fatehpur Beri, a verbal argument over closing a property gate escalated when 19-year-old real estate agent Piyush Yadav opened fire on caretaker Santlal.
• Neighbors alerted police with reports of loud cries, prompting officers to recover an empty cartridge and find Santlal fatally wounded near the Shamshan Ghat cremation ground.
• Following his arrest, Yadav confessed to the shooting and led investigators to the country-made firearm he had concealed at his Chhatarpur Phase 2 residence.
• Forensic Science Laboratory experts examined the crime scene before Santlal’s body was transported to Safdarjung Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
• Authorities charged Yadav under relevant sections and registered a murder case at Fatehpur Beri police station; further inquiries are underway to establish the full sequence of events and motive.