Police suspect gang war behind south Delhi gym owner's murder, four held

In a suspected case of gang war a 35yearold gym owner was shot dead by two motorcycleborne assailants in the posh Greater Kailash area of south Delhi police said on Friday Four people have been arrested in this connection they saidThese four are suspected to have provided logistical support to the shooters They are being further interrogated by a Special Cell team a senior officer saidThe arrested accused have been identified as Nitalesh Tiwari Vishal Verma and Akash Yadav of Uttar Pradeshs Azamgarh and Naveen Baliyan of Haryanas SonipatTwo countrymade pistols and eight live rounds were seized from themThe officer said two more people were detained and questioned in connection with the case but the main shooter remained on the runThe police also suspect the involvement of associates of jailed gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Hashim Baba in the murderNadir Shah who previously had criminal cases including extortion robbery and attempted murder against him coowned a gym in Greater Kailash 1He would also lend money on very high interest rates police sources saidShah owned a business in Dubai and was stated to be known to some Delhi police officialsHe is survived by his mother and two brothers Shahs father hailed from Afghanistan and moved to Delhi several years agoAt the time of the incident some officials of the Delhi Polices Special Cell were present at the gym where they had gone to meet an informer a source saidShah was talking to a friend outside the gym when he was shot at around 1044 pm the police saidCCTV camera footage purporting to show Shah talking to a person as an attacker walks towards him and fires a volley of bullets from close range later surfaced on social mediaThe police suspect the attacker fled on a motorcycle with an associate who was waiting for himAnother police source said the background of the man Shah was talking to when he was attacked had been verifiedHe told the police that he had come with a woman friend who was sitting in his car at that time the second source saidMinutes after a post was shared on a social media account claiming to be that of gangster Rohit Godara taking responsibility for the shootingThe post said the shooting was ordered by Sameer Baba a jailed criminal as Shah was causing troubling in his businessWhoever will support our rival and trouble us will be shot like this it addedThe post also mentioned the names of Lawrence Bishnois associates Godara Goldy Brar Gogi gang and Kala Rana gangDeputy Commissioner of Police South Ankit Chauhan said they received information about the shooting at Greater Kailash 1 and one person being taken to Max Hospital Personnel rushed to the spot and found bullet projectiles and empty cartridgesUpon inquiry it was found that Shah a resident of CR Park had suffered five bullet injuries the police saidThe attackers came on a two wheeler fired at him and fled He was immediately rushed to the hospital by his friends but was declared dead Chauhan saidThe investigators are looking at all possible angles he addedThe police suspect a case of rivalry but did not rule out the possibility of a gang warThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever