Overview
- Police identified the victims as Mohd Umam, 25, and his cousin Mohd Nadeem, 27, both residents of Kailash Nagar in northeast Delhi.
- Officers received late-night calls about two men found with gunshot wounds near Shastri Park Chowk and the nearby fruit mandi, with both later declared dead at JPC and GTB hospitals.
- Investigators said they arrested Asraf, 23, and recovered a semi-automatic pistol with three live cartridges as well as a motorcycle.
- A senior officer said initial findings point to a monetary dispute between the cousins and the accused, with Hindustan Times reporting the victims worked as carpenters and were seeking payment from a businessman.
- Delhi Police registered a double murder case, dispatched crime and forensic teams, and are examining CCTV footage to establish the full sequence of events.