Ghaziabad (UP):
A man accused of killing the son of a former Delhi Police officer following an altercation over parking here has been arrested, officials said today.
Chiranjivi Sharma alias Kaloo Pandit has revealed the names of his two accomplices and efforts are on to trace them, they said.
Thirty-five-year-old Varun, son of a retired assistant sub-inspector of the Delhi Police and resident of Jawli village in the Teela Mor area, was battered to death with bricks by the assailants after a squabble over car parking near a roadside eatery on October 25.
Teela Mor police arrested Sharma, hailing from Rajpur village, from Karan Gate area on the basis of CCTV footage and a video of the incident that had gone viral on social media, officials said.
Sharma had fled the scene of the crime in a car that he later dumped at Farukh Nagar, they said.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muniraj G said when police took Sharma to the spot to recover the car, he tried to escape after snatching the service revolver of sub-inspector Subhash and firing at the cops.
The police team retaliated and Sharma sustained a bullet injury in his right leg. He was taken to the district government hospital for treatment, the SSP said.
Sharma has several criminal cases registered against him, the officer added.
According to police, Varun, along with his two friends, had gone to the eatery for dinner and parked his car near another vehicle, the door of which could not open due to it.
