Two daily wage labourers were allegedly shot dead in northeast Delhi's Welcome area by unidentified assailants during the early hours of Tuesday, as reported by the news agency PTI. According to the police, the deceased were identified as Pradeep and Bablu, both aged 40 years, they said. Police said the information regarding the incident was received at about 2:15 am.


Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northeast) Joy Tirkey said a man was found dead with two gunshot wounds on his stomach and lower abdomen on the main 65 futa road, Pili Mitti in the Welcome area.


The man was identified as Pradeep, a daily wage labourer, PTI reported. Two empty 9-mm shells were found near the body. Soon after, Bablu was found dead with two gunshot injuries on his chest and lower abdomen near a lane in Subhash Park, the DCP said.


Police said Bablu, who was a "bad character" as recorded by the Bhajanpura police station, had 13 cases of snatching and theft registered against him. He also worked as a daily wage labourer. Two empty 9-mm shells were found near his body as well.


"The distance between the bodies was about 300 metres. It has been found that both Pradeep and Bablu knew each other and were probably together when the incident took place. It seems that Bablu was shot at first in the lane, followed by Pradeep, who was shot at on the main road," the DCP said, as quoted by PTI. Both were taken to the Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital, where they were declared "brought dead", police said.


A case of murder has been registered, police said. Multiple teams have been formed to work on the case, the police further stated.


In another incident, the police have arrested three persons for allegedly beating to death a 20-year-old after his motorcycle brushed against their two-wheeler in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official said, as reported by the news agency PTI. The incident took place on a flyover in Nallasopara area at around 4 pm on Sunday when the victim, Rohit Yadav, was going on the motorbike along with a friend, Assistant Commissioner of Police Chandrakant Jadhav told reporters.


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