IANS/New Delhi
A stunt biker was shot dead by police in the wee hours of Sunday in central Delhi, police said. Another biker was injured. Karan Pandey, resident of south Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, was shot dead at around 2.30am near Le Meridien hotel in Parliament Street.
Pandey, in his late 20s, was riding pillion on Punit Sharma’s motorcycle. Sharma was injured. The incident occurred after police received information at 2.06am that around 35 to 40 bikers were performing dangerous stunts near Gol Dhak Khana near Parliament Street. “When police reached the spot, the bikers fled towards Le Meridien hotel, where they regrouped and started pelting stones on police and PCR vans,” Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said.
Bhagat said police fired at tyres of the motorcycles and a bullet hit Pandey. The victims were rushed to Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital, where Pandey was declared dead. A medical examination revealed that Sharma was under the influence of alcohol.
Pandey’s family has demanded life imprisonment for the guilty officer. “They have killed my son. The guilty officer should get life imprisonment,” Karan’s mother Manju Pandey said.
She said she did not know when Karan left the house. “He slept with us last night. I don’t know when he went out. He does not have a bike and he does not know how to ride one,” she said.
“Police came to our home around 6.30am. They said Karan had been injured in an accident and is in RML (Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital). When we went there, they said he was dead,” Manju Pandey added. “If they had done something wrong, police could have arrested them. Why did they have to fire?” said Punit’s mother Kusumlata Sharma. She added that Punit Sharma left home around 11pm Saturday and said he would not return that night.