New Delhi: A BJP leader, said to be close to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, was shot dead by five unidentified persons inside a cloth showroom in Gurugram on Thursday. The incident took place in the Sadar Bazaar area when the deceased, Sukhbir Khatana alias Sukhi, a resident of Rithoj village, went to the showroom with his friend, India Today reported.
Sukhbir Khatana, former vice president of the Sohna Market Committee, succumbed to his bullet injuries at a hospital. A critically injured Khatana was rushed to nearby Aarvi hospital where doctors declared him ‘brought dead’.
He was preparing to contest the Zila Parishad election from Sohna.
Sukhbir Khatana reached the Raymond showroom on Gurudwara Road with his friend Rajender in a Kia car at around 3.20 pm. They parked the car near the showroom and went inside to shop.
The armed assailants were captured in the CCTV cameras installed at the cloth showroom where the crime took place. Footage showed five assailants, two of them wearing black t-shirts, one white check shirt, another cap, and one red shirt, leaving the showroom after allegedly gunning down their victim.
A police team led by DCP (West) Deepak Saharan examined the spot with the help of the Forensic Science Lab and a crime scene team.
In his complaint, Khatana’s son Anurag alleged that Chaman, a brother-in-law of Khatana, shot him dead with his associates, police were quoted as saying. Chaman and others were booked under sections 302 (murder) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and sections 25-54-59 of the Arms act at Civil Lines Police Station.
The post-mortem will be done Friday, said police.
