Ghaziabad: Several family members of jailed social media influencer Haji Salman were shot at when they visited Shiven Hospital near Loni Tiraha with an ailing relative on Friday night.The windows of the family’s Swift car parked near the hospital were also smashed in and its tyres punctured. Police said nobody was injured in the incident.An FIR was registered based on a complaint by Boondu Khan, who is Salman’s father. He alleged that Afzal, who is his grandson by relation, had gone to the hospital with an ailing relative. Boondu’s wife and Salman’s mother, Sanjeeda, and another female relative had also gone with Afzal. He said around 10.30pm, a group of seven to eight persons arrived at the hospital and shot at Afzal, but he escaped unhurt. Sanjeeda said that when she heard the gunshots, she and the other female relative hid inside the hospital washroom.
A car parked near the hospital was vandalised
After this, the group vandalised the car and fled the spot. SHO at Loni police station Yogendra Singh said the family had blamed someone named Gaurav.“The incident has been captured on CCTV camera and we are trying to identify the persons involved,” he added.Meanwhile, a female hospital employee, Naseema, alleged that she was assaulted during the incident. “I work at the hospital and have nothing to do with their dispute, but the attackers assaulted me as well,” she alleged.Salman, who has around 3 lakh social media followers, is a history-sheeter at Loni police station and is accused in 12 cases ranging from criminal intimidation, assault to attempt to murder. He has also been accused in a POCSO case. Salman was arrested on Sept 8 from Rajasthan while he was on the run and is currently lodged in Dasna jail.
