A 32-year-old man was shot useless allegedly by a gaggle of males in east Delhi’s Ghazipur early Monday, triggering a collection of occasions that finally brought on extreme site visitors congestion on three arterial interstate highways throughout peak Monday morning rush, gravely inconveniencing commuters, office-goers and Class 10 college students showing for his or her board exams.
Delhi Police reopened the Delhi-Meerut Expressway after clearing the protest by relations of the sufferer on Monday. (Ajay Aggarwal/ HT Picture)
Whereas the household has claimed that he was killed as a result of he objected to the illicit sale of diesel by his colleagues, police maintained {that a} financial dispute was the explanation for the homicide. Two males have been arrested in reference to the homicide, senior officers mentioned.
Deputy commissioner of police (east) Abhishek Dhania mentioned the sufferer was recognized as Rohit Singh, 32, a resident of Ghazipur village who labored for a non-public contractor, and the arrested males have been recognized as Nazim Khan, 40, and Talib Khan, 24.
In line with police, their management room obtained a name round 3.30am from Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital a couple of man being introduced in with a gunshot wound. When police reached the spot, they have been knowledgeable that the person was delivered to the hospital by his cousin Akash Singh and he succumbed throughout therapy.
Singh’s uncle Satbir Singh, 49, mentioned Rohit’s workplace was close to the Ghazipur landfill. “On Sunday evening, he came to know that a few of his colleagues were selling diesel illegally. He and his colleagues had a violent fight over this near his office,” Satbir mentioned.
“Akash Singh said he and Rohit were returning after collecting diesel from somewhere near the dumping yard around 3am when, near Phool Mandi, Rohit was shot by a group of men who came in a car. Based on this information, a case was registered on charges of murder,” mentioned an officer, asking to not be named.
Police mentioned it was Akash who took Rohit to a hospital the place he succumbed to accidents.
The household later staged a protest on the Nationwide Freeway-24 for almost 4 hours demanding the arrest of the suspects. Visitors on three arterial interstate highways was delivered to a standstill in the course of the peak morning rush hour and protesters dispersed solely round 11am after police knowledgeable them that two males have been arrested.
DCP Dhania mentioned that in preliminary interrogation, the suspects allegedly mentioned they’d a financial dispute with Rohit. “Their version is being verified. More details on the motive will be revealed once all suspects are arrested,” he mentioned.
Protest causes snarls on DME
The protests by the household of the slain 32-year-old man and scores of Ghazipur villagers, demanding the arrest of the homicide suspects, brought on extreme congestion on three predominant roads connecting Delhi and Ghaziabad — the Delhi-Meerut Expressway, its parallel Nationwide Freeway (NH)-9 and NH-24 — and in a number of components of east Delhi for almost 5 hours on Monday morning.
The gridlock inconvenienced commuters, office-goers, and college students showing for Class 10 Board exams. A number of college students reached examination centres in east Delhi, close to NH-9 and the expressway about 10 to fifteen minutes late. Social media abounded with movies of scholars and oldsters sprinting on the highway in an effort to succeed in the centres in time for the arithmetic examination.
Mamta Upadhyaya, mom of a Class 10 pupil at Ahlcon Public Faculty in Mayur Vihar Section-1 whose examination centre was at Dashmesh Public Faculty in Vasundhara Enclave, mentioned, “The road around Dharamshila hospital was chaotic.We took 30 minutes to cover the road which usually takes only 10. With our car unable to move forward, I had to walk with my daughter to the exam centre. Students were sprinting on the road to reach on time. At least 10 students in my daughter’s class reached late and they were given 15-16 extra minutes to complete their paper.”
Sanjay Yadav, principal of the Ahlcon Worldwide Faculty, mentioned, “Students who had their centre at our school arrived just in time. Two students who had their centre at the Dashmesh Public School arrived late. I called the CBSE regional director urging to give them compensatory time and it was granted.”
Visitors police mentioned round 7am, protesters blocked one carriageway of NH-24 — from Delhi’s Sarai Kale Khan to Ghaziabad. Later, they blocked all carriageways of the 2 nationwide highways and the expressway and site visitors got here to a standstill, with tailbacks stretching for kilometres on both aspect of the border, site visitors police mentioned.
Visitors was heavy on the choice routes of Delhi-Noida Hyperlink Highway, the Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) Flyway, the Ghazipur-Ashok Nagar route, Vikas Marg, and GT Highway between Seemapuri and Kashmere Gate.
Nivedita, a 27-year-old Supreme Court docket lawyer, mentioned, “I left my Vasundhara residence around 9pm for a court appearance. It usually takes me 45 minutes to reach office, but today (Monday), it took me over two hours. There were snarls all around the Ghazipur border.”
At 9.40am, because the scenario had worsened, the site visitors police posted an advisory on their social media accounts, alerting the general public in regards to the congestion and suggesting different routes.
Monika Bhardwaj, extra commissioner of police (site visitors) mentioned, “Traffic diversions were made at Sarai Kale Khan, Seemapuri, Maharajpur, and Kondli borders to ensure vehicles did not move towards the highways and expressway. The situation improved after protesters dispersed around 11am.”