Kargil war veteran Baldev Singh was shot dead and robbed by three men in Bhajanpura, Northeast District. He was carrying Rs 8.45 lakh.

The incident occurred around 10 am barely 50 meters from a police picket — reportedly manned by two personnel.

“He was on way to the Syndicate Bank extension branch, just across the road, inside the Yamuna Vihar bus depot branch at C-Block community centre,” According to police.

The attacker’s two accomplices were waiting nearby on a Pulsar motorcycle, the get-away vehicle. The trio shot in the air when some of the onlookers gave chase.

“He had been working at the Bharat Petroleum pump for a decade and regularly went to Syndicate Bank to deposit the collection amount,” According to police.

Police suspect the gang had done a recce of the pump premises. “Initial investigations suggest the assailants to be history-sheeters, familiar with the area,” said S S Yadav, DCP, Northeast District.

North East Delhi is an administrative district of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in India.

North East Delhi is bounded by the Yamuna River on the west, Ghaziabad District of Uttar Pradesh state to the north and east, East Delhi to the south, and North Delhi to the west across the Yamuna.

North East Delhi has a population of about 1,763,712 according to the census in 2001 and has a total surface area of 60 Kilometer square. The three important administrative subdivisions of North East Delhi are Seelampur, Seema Puri and Shahdara. Shahdara is divided into two zones of Municipal Council of Delhi, the main wards of which are the South and the North Shahdara.

Sub-divisions:

1. Seelampur

2. Shahdara

3. Seema Puri

Population: 1,763,712 (2001 census)
Area: 60 km²
Population density: 29,397 persons per km²

Important places / Places of interest: Metro Rail

Office:
D.C. (North East)
D.S.I.D.C. Complex
Nand Nagri, Delgri, Delhi-110 093
Phone : 22122732
http://dcnortheast.delhigovt.nic.in/