New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) A youth was arrested in the national capital for allegedly robbing a person after opening fire at him in north-east Delhi, police said today. He was apprehended from Seelampur yesterday following a tip-off, a senior police official said.
Police has withheld his identity as they were verifying his age. The youth, believed to be 19 years old, along with his three friends allegedly opened fire at one Maya Ram in Dilshad Garden when he was on way to his Tahirpur residence along with his friend.
“When Ram resisted their robbery attempt, they beat them up. One of them then took out a pistol and fired on him.
The bullet hit his left shoulder. They looted his mobile phone and cash.
They also took away the belongings of his friend and fled the spot,” the official said.