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The wife and 18-year-old son of a judge were shot at by his personal security officer in a busy market in Gurgaon today. Both have been taken to a hospital where sources say, the son is critical. The wife is reportedly out of danger, reports NDTV.
According to reports the incident took place around 3:30 pm near Arcadia Market in Sector 49, Gurgaon, where the wife and son of an additional sessions judge had gone shopping.
The gunman first shot the wife and then the son, in front of several eye-witnesses. Immediately after that, he tried to drag the judge’s son in the car. But when he couldn’t, he left the judge’s son on the road and drove away in the same car that they had come to the market in, show video footage captured by eyewitnesses from their cellphones.
On his way, he called the judge to say, “I have shot your wife and son”. He made two more calls telling people about the shooting.
The injured have been identified as Ritu (38) and Dhruv.
The gunman, Mahipal Singh, had been posted with the judge for the past two years.
After shooting at them, Mahipal reached a police station where he fired again, before escaping from the spot. The Station House Officer tried to capture him but in vain. He was arrested from Faridabad road a little while later.
“An Additional Sessions Judge’s wife and son were shot at. They have been admitted and the doctors have taken them for a procedure,” said DCP Gurgaon (East).
The police say they are interrogating Mahipal to determine the reason behind the shooting.
Initial investigations suggest that he was suffering from depression and was upset at the “misbehaviour” by the judge’s family.