City in fear: shots are now being fired at the hotel and sweet shop | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: Hours after three gunmen opened fire at a car showroom in western Delhi’s Naraina area as part of an extortion attempt, some gunmen opened fire at a hotel in south Delhi’s Mahipalpur in the early hours of Saturday, injuring guests and Employees in fear and terror.
The role of the Lawrence Bishnoi-Goldy Brar syndicate is suspected in this incident. On December 23, Brar had called the owner of the hotel and demanded Rs 2 crore as protection money. The southwest district police had registered an FIR. Saturday’s dismissal appears to be due to the owner’s failure to comply with the demand.
Even as the police were grappling with this sudden surge in extortion-related shootings by gangsters – a new and worrying development for the capital – another group of gunmen attacked a sweet shop in western Delhi’s Nangloi, attacking the law . law enforcement agencies.
In the incident around Hotel Impressthe police received one PCR call at 3:28 a.m. and rushed to the spot. Hotel manager Surya Pratap told investigators about the frightening incident. “An unknown person fired several shots outside the hotel, spreading panic and chaos,” he said in his statement.
A hotel receptionist told police the incident occurred between 2:30 and 2:40 a.m. “It was like a normal day and guests were checking in and out. We later came to know that four to five shots were fired and the windows were broken,” she said. Forensic experts collected evidence and exhibits from the spot and a case was registered Vasant Kunj Police Station. The initial investigation suggests that while one of the shooters entered the hotel grounds, his associate may have been waiting on a bicycle. The police are scanning CCTV footage to identify the suspects.
Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora has formed several teams to investigate the case, but no arrests have been made in any of these cases, indicating a complete breakdown of law and order in the city.
The Bishnoi Brar syndicate has been trying to make inroads into south Delhi areas like Vasant Kunj and Vasant Vihar by targeting the businessmen there. In the first week of December last year, the special cell had arrested two gunmen of the Bishnoi gang who had attacked a hotel owner in Vasant Kunj.