Noida: Two days after a man was killed in a road rage incident outside a park near Naya Bans in Sector 15, a suspect has been arrested from the Sector 3 area after a gunfight. The cops have also apprehended the minor who was named in the FIR filed after the murder.Police said Aftab alias Tussi killed Amit (25) and battered his friend Shivam after Shivam’s scooter brushed past his feet outside the park on Nov 9. Aftab was there with his friends Golu, Abhishek Pandit and a teenager to celebrate the birthday of another acquaintance.A verbal altercation between Shivam and Aftab soon turned violent. Amit too was caught in the fight. Amit sustained fatal head injuries, and his friend Shivam was injured in the attack. Their friends Vinod and Yashpal took them to a hospital where Amit was declared dead. Shivam was referred to a higher medical facility. Police said his condition was stable.Based on a complaint filed by Amit’s father, a case was registered against Aftab, Golu, Abhishek and the teenager under BNS sections for murder and attempt to murder at Phase 1 police station.Additional deputy commissioner of Police Abhay Kumar Mishra said they were tipped off at 2 am on Wednesday that Aftab, who had been absconding since the murder, was hiding at a park in Sector 3 and was allegedly planning to flee the area. A police team reached the location and spotted a motorcycle parked outside the park. The personnel entered the premises to search for the suspect.According to police, Aftab was accompanied by another person and attempted to escape after noticing the police. When they surrounded him and asked him to surrender, he allegedly opened fire at them. “The accused fired at the police team with the intention of killing the personnel. In retaliatory firing in self-defence, he sustained a bullet injury to his leg and was subsequently apprehended,” police said.A country-made pistol and two cartridges were seized from his possession. Police also seized his Hero Splendor motorcycle.The investigators said Aftab has three previous criminal cases registered against him. Police are examining his criminal antecedents and questioning him to establish the involvement of other suspects in the killing. Meanwhile, police apprehended a 17-year-old boy on Nov 10 in connection with the same murder case.According to an official statement issued by Gautam Budh Nagar police commissionerate, the juvenile was taken into police protection following information gathered through local intelligence and beat policing.
