NEW
DELHI: The drunken party at a farmhouse in Rama Vihar, where two people were
shot dead, was organized by Vir Singh alias Bittu, a local property dealer with
some political influence, his nephew, Vijay and their common friend, Manjeet.
At least 25 people, most of
them wealthy land owners and property dealers, were part of the guest list at
the Chandra Apartment Farm House, a sprawling campus inside an illegal
colony.
DCP (Outer) Atul
Katiyar said police was not ruling out the possibility of previous enmity
between Sandeep and one of the victims. Investigations revealed that Sandeep has
previous criminal records, including that of murder, the DCP said. ''Our
investigations have revealed that Sandeep always carried a weapon with him. A
desi katta was used in this case,'' he
said.
''The singer's
performance started after 10pm by which time some of the invitees had left.
Around 11.30pm, an argument broke out between Sandeep and a few others but he
asked the singer to carry on. Around 11.40pm, a few guests got up from their
seats and began interrupting and mimicking her. It was then that an enraged
Sandeep shot seven rounds from his firearm,'' said Amit, one of Vijay's friends,
who was at the party.
All four
victims were rushed to the nearby Brahma Shakti Hospital and Research Centre,
family members said. The duo injured - Vijay Mathur (26), owner of the
farmhouse, and his friend Rajesh (25) - are still in
ICU.
The distraught families of
the victims, Vinod and Shiv, are still in shock. ''Vinod was a man of manners.
He never mixed with bad elements. He never touched alcohol. He had left
yesterday, saying he was going to a 'Ragini' function. He never came back,''
said a relative of the deceased. He is survived by his parents, elder brother,
wife and his one-year-old child. Sources said he was yet to get into meaningful
employment.
Meanwhile, Nikki
Dabbas, daughter of the deceased MCD employee, Shiv Narayan and posted in
Chennai as a senior officer in the CRPF said: ''Raginis are a common phenomenon
in our village. My father, too, went to this function after hearing about it
from someone else. He did not know all those who attended the do. In fact, he
had the idea that it was sponsored by a political party.''