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A young man was brutally murdered on his birthday in a restaurant of Vardhaman Mall in Pitampura, outer Delhi. The deceased has been identified as Jatin Sharma (23). Jatin’s two friends Prashant (23) and Varad Bali (23) were also badly injured during the attack. Jatin had come to the restaurant with nine of his friends to party. The restaurant employees and others have been accused of murder.
A girl working in the restaurant already knew Jatin. When she came and sat near him, the girls present with Jatin had a misunderstanding. In a fight over this issue, Jatin and his friends were attacked with knives, sticks, sticks and rods. The accused absconded after the incident. The injured were taken to Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital, where Jatin was declared dead. The injured were referred to another hospital. The police registered a case under various sections including murder, attempt to murder, destruction of evidence and took a total of six accused, including restaurant owner Kishore, into custody.
The rest are being searched. Police are investigating through CCTV cameras installed nearby. Meanwhile, senior police officers have put Mangolpuri police station in-charge Manoj Kumar Verma on the line in connection with the restaurant opening till late night and negligence in the murder case. He had been accused of negligence earlier also. According to the police, Jatin lived with his family in D-Block, Budh Vihar, Phase-1. Apart from father Kishan Sharma, his family includes mother Anita Sharma. Jatin was the only child in the family. After completing his studies, he started working in the sales department of a private bank. The family is in a bad condition, crying.
The incident took place in ‘Yaaron Da Adda Restaurant and Bar’
Jatin Sharma’s birthday was on Tuesday 20th February. He planned to throw a party for his friends. Jatin was famous in a restaurant named Yaaron Da Adda. He called his friends Prashant, Varad Bali, Chinu, Chintu, Mitanshu Tayal, Saurabh, Shahrukh and Ankita Tripathi and Ankita Yadav for the party. ‘Yaaron Da Adda’ is located in Vardhaman Mall located in Pitampura. Everyone gathered there at 12.30 in the night. The cake was cut followed by eating and drinking. At around 2.30 in the night everyone came and sat outside the restaurant. A girl named Zoya, who worked in the restaurant, came and sat near Jatin. She already knew Jatin.
Although Ankita Yadav and Ankita Tripathi did not know about this. They started talking to Zoya about ‘Tu-Tu-Main-Main’. It is alleged that when the matter escalated, Zoya raised her voice and called the rest of her colleagues working in the restaurant. These people attacked Jatin, Prashant and Varad with knives, sticks, sticks and rods. Jatin, Varat and Prashant were injured in the attack.
Mangolpuri police station in-charge was put on line
Police sources claim that during the fight, a call was made to the police, but no action was taken. During this, the accused washed away the blood spread in the restaurant and outside it by pouring water. Deputy Commissioner of Police Jimmy Chiram said that he received information about Jatin’s death from Bhagwan Mahavir Hospital at around 6.30 am on Wednesday. The team immediately reached there. Later reached the restaurant for investigation.
Police sources say that the station in-charge has been put on the line in the case of restaurant opening till late night and negligence in the murder case. The restaurant where the incident took place had earlier also faced many serious allegations. The restaurant staff had beaten up the special staff. Even after this, the station in-charge was accused of favoring this restaurant owner.
Special staff was involved in the investigation of the case.
If police sources are to be believed, seeing the attitude of the local police, senior police officers also involved the special staff of the district in the investigation of the case. Apart from the crime team, FSL and other teams collected evidence from the spot. The area where the incident took place was washed with water, but the team found blood splatters.
The team of special staff has examined the footage of CCTV cameras installed around the incident site. Many accused have been identified from him. At present, the police have taken into custody a total of six accused including the restaurant owner. The remaining accused have also been identified. Raids are being conducted in search of them.
