Eunuch shot dead in Tis Hazari corridor
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, April 28
A 38-year-old eunuch, Neelam, was shot dead and a Delhi Police constable, Nand Kishore, was injured when they were fired at by an armed suspect in the congested first floor corridors of the Tis Hazari courts this afternoon.
The suspect, Mani Gopal of Najafgarh, was chased and arrested by Head Constable Ajit Singh immediately after the incident. The police said that a Chinese-made automatic pistol was seized from him. The suspect had fired four shots from close range, causing panic on the court premises.
The work in the courts was affected for a while and normalcy could be restored only after senior police officers reached the spot and assured the lawyers and the litigants of their safety.
The injured constable has been admitted to the Sushruta Trauma Centre where he is reported to be progressing. The police have blamed the incident on an old enmity.
Preliminary inquiries by the police revealed that Neelam, along with four others, had come to Tis Hazari courts in connection with the murder of another eunuch, Zareena, which was due for hearing in the court of Additional Sessions Judge A. P. Bains in Room number 119.
The police said that Neelam, after reaching the courts premises around 12. 40 pm, had visited the police post located there to seek protection as she had received several threats to her life. Constable Nand Kishore was deputed to escort her.
With the constable in tow, Neelam went to the first floor and was waiting in the corridor along with 50-odd other eunuchs when the suspect suddenly appeared and started firing at her. While Neelam was hit thrice, the fourth bullet hit the constable. There was pandemonium in the corridor as litigants, officials and lawyers scurried for safety.
The suspect, taking advantage of the confusion, tried to escape but an alert head constable spotted him and caught him after a short chase. The police said that cases of murder and attempt to murder had been registered against the suspect and he was being interrogated.
Senior police officers said that they had taken a serious note of the incident and were trying to ascertain how the suspect had managed to sneak in the gun when all those visiting the court premises are subjected to frisking and stringent security checks.
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