SIT constituted to nab the assailants
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: A 37-year-old man affiliated with a criminal gang was shot dead by three members of a rival group in Jammu’s Jewel Chowk area near St Peters School on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
They said the three youths intercepted an SUV (JK 21G-0770) and fired four rounds at Sumit Jandial, 37, son of Om Parkash, resident of Ward No 9, Vijaypur at Jewel Chowk.
The critically injured Jandial was taken to Government Medical College Hospital by PSI Anoop Kotwal of Police Station Nowabad for treatment, where doctors declared him dead on arrival, police said, adding the assailants commandeered a two-wheeler at gunpoint and fled.
Jandial alias Gataru is reported to be the kingpin of the Gataru gang and was detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) last year. He survived an assassination attempt in 2017.
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Anand Jain said, “It is a gang war. He (Jandial) belonged to the Gataru gang of Vijaypur. Members of a rival gang fired on him. It is not a terrorist incident, but a case of gang rivalry.”
He said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to nab the assailants
Those involved in the shooting have been identified and police teams are actively pursuing them, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Shiv Kumar Sharma said.
Meanwhile, police in a statement urged the people to remain calm and refrain from speculation, awaiting official updates from the police.
“A firing incident occurred this afternoon in the Jewel Chowk area, under the jurisdiction of Police Station Nowabad. Upon receiving the information, ADGP Jammu, along with senior police officers, arrived at the scene,” said police in a statement.
“The public is urged to remain calm and refrain from speculation, awaiting official updates from the police,” the police statement adds