Tribune News Service

Jhajjar, May 13

Not casting vote in favour of the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections cost a youth dear at Silana village in the district when his cousin, in a fit of anger, opened four rounds of fire at him at his house today.

The victim, Raj Singh, aka Raja, with gun-shot injuries has been admitted to the PGIMS, Rohtak. His mother Phoolpati was also injured in the attack. However, she was discharged after treatment at the civil hospital in Jhajjar.

The police have started investigation after registering a case under Section 307 of the IPC against Dharmendra on Raja’s complaint.

In his complaint, Raja stated that Dharmendra had yesterday asked him to vote for the BJP but he voted for the Congress. “Today morning, Dharmendra came to our home in a Mahendra Scorpio jeep and asked me as to whom I had voted for. When I told him that I had voted for the Congress, he opened three or four rounds of fire at me from a close-range and fled. I and my mother were injured in the attack,” he said in the complaint.

Ramesh, SHO, Sadar Police, said that efforts were being made to arrest Dharmendra. The condition of Raja is said to be out of danger, he added.