Overview
- The 25-year-old victim, Kalpana, was shot in the abdomen at a club on MG Road in the early hours of December 20 and underwent surgery at a private hospital.
- Tushar alias Jonty, 25, and Shubham alias Johnny, 24, both from Delhi’s Sangam Vihar, were arrested on December 25 in Baraut, Baghpat, in a joint operation by the Sector 40 Crime Branch and the MG Road police post.
- An FIR for attempt to murder and Arms Act offences was registered at DLF Sector 29 on a complaint filed by the victim’s husband, as doctors initially declared her unfit to give a statement.
- Police say Tushar had pressured the woman to marry him for about six months and allegedly opened fire after she refused again, with investigators also citing a prior incident of shots fired at her home a month earlier.
- Authorities plan to seek police custody remand for further interrogation, and efforts to recover the firearm and collect additional evidence are underway.