The victim, Vedant Khodankar, also a Mayur Vihar resident, parked his vehicle in front of advocate Shyam Singh Chauhan’s house to play badminton in a park in the vicinity. When he returned, he found another car parked closely, blocking his exit, following which he approached its owner, Chauhan, to remove it. Chauhan allegedly refused and Khodankar lightly banged his car
A lawyer opened fire at a 23-year-old man in Mayur Vihar in East Delhi for having parked at his spot in front of his home, police said on Saturday, adding that the target escaped unhurt but a bullet went through his vehicle, leading them to file an attempted murder charge.
The incident, which occurred in Pocket E of Mayur Vihar on April 14 around 10pm, spotlights a growing behavioural concern in the metropolis where congested lanes and limited parking spaces in residential areas have often caused trivial parking disputes to turn into life-threatening violence.
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