The innocuous act of asking a customer to wait for his
turn to buy jalebis proved costly for a 35-year-old worker at the popular
Bangla Sweets in the busy Gole Market area on Tuesday evening. He was shot at
by a cash van security guard.
The victim, Satender Singh, who has been working at the
shop for the past eight years, was allegedly shot in the head by the guard.
Singh is battling for life at the Sucheta Kripalani
Hospital.
According to police, accused Neeraj Kumar (28), who was
arrested at the spot later, had come to the shop to buy jalebis.He allegedly
got into a fight with Singh who asked him to stand in a queue as there were
other customers who had already placed their orders.
“Singh asked Kumar to stand in a queue to buy sweets
but he refused to listen. Instead he started an argument with him. Things soon
got out of hand and Kumar pulled out a pistol from his pocket and shot at
Singh,” a senior police officer said.
A nearby Police Control Room van rushed to the spot and
took the victim to hospital. The accused was arrested at the spot and a case
under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against
him, said the officer.
The officer added that they have also collected the
closed-circuit-television camera footage from the restaurant that shows the
accused firing.
Surprisingly, despite the incident taking place in the
presence of many of Singh’s co-workers and his employers, almost everyone
present at the shop’s counters maintained that they were not witness to the
crime. Some employees said there was a change of shift and that they came there
after the incident.
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