A 36-year-old man was shot in the face allegedly by a juvenile from point blank range with a pistol in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area on Friday evening . Four juveniles have been arrested in connection with the incident, police said today.
#WATCH | Delhi: 4 minor boys apprehended for firing at a man in Jahangirpuri on 15th July. The man has been hospitalised. Case u/s 307 IPC registered. Accused say that the man had beaten up father of one of the minors 7 months back & they had come to take revenge.
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The victim Javed sustained a bullet injury pistol in his right eye and has been hospitalised, a police official.
Javed said that around 4:45 pm, he was near the park in his neighbourhood when three minor boys known to him came there and one of them fired a country-made pistol at his face , Deputy Commissioner of Police , Delhi (northwest) Usha Rangnani said.
Javed had reportedly beaten up the father of one of the boys and he along with his friends had decided to take revenge against the "humiliation."