New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): A combined team of Shahdara and Gandhi Nagar Police arrested two contract killers in connection with the murder of a woman who had been shot dead on March 14 in the Gandhi Nagar Police station area.

New Delhi Sep 17 PTI A 23-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing a person over an old enmity in southwest Delhis Najafgarh area police said on FridayThe victim Amit Shokeen 35 was gunned down on Wednesday by three assailants while he along with his friends were going to purchase liquor in a car they saidShokeen sustained 13 bullet injuries and was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him dead a senior police officer saidThe two friends of the deceased had managed to escape from the spot police saidThe accused has been identified as Deepak a resident of Kakrola Dairy they saidAfter receiving information about the incident on Wednesday a police team reached the spot and found a car with bullet holesThe police found out that three people had indiscriminately fired at Shokeen a resident of Dichaon village officials saidThe police checked the CCTV footage and identified the assailants officials saidThe police laid a trap after getting a tip-off that Deepak would come to Dhoolsiras village and thereafter the accused was nabbed Deputy Commissioner of Police Dwarka Santosh Kumar Meena saidDuring interrogation the accused revealed that his father was arrested and sent to jail after Shokeen harassed him over a property and implicated him in a false case of attempt to murder the police saidHis brother Krishan was also wanted in that case Shokeen was also threatening Deepak of implicating him and his family in another false case due to which the enmity grew between them police saidLater Deepak Krishan and Darshan Dabas conspired to eliminate Shokeen they saidOn Wednesday Deepak and Dabas blocked Shokeens car and fired at him They were joined by Krishan and after killing the deceased they fled the spot police saidOne pistol along with two live rounds have been recovered from Deepaks possession they added PTI NIT NIT TDS TDS