He was drunk, parked his motorbike in the wrong place and started a brawl: The Delhi police officer who shot a 12-year-old boy dead

Tarun Chauhan who was shot at by a Delhi police constable during a wedding ceremony on Sunday night

He was drunk, parked his motorcycle at a wrong place and started a brawl over it, gate-crashed at a wedding party and, to the horror of guests, started firing from a revolver he was carrying, killing a 12-year-old boy dancing away merrily.

Meet Jai Baba, whose brazenness and little respect for the law come as a shocker even in a city like Delhi, where people fly into rage over trivial issues, and drunken brawls, fistfights over parking rights and revellers firing from illegally acquired guns at wedding parties are routine.

The next bit of information will shock you further.

Baba is no spoilt brat of a rich city businessman, who drinks and drives high-end cars, carries guns and merrily shoots at passersby. He is a constable serving with the Delhi Police's crime branch.

The motorcycle which he parked at a wrong place was his service bike and the firearm with which he killed 12-year-old Tarun Chauhan was his service revolver.

Baba, 35, went on a law-breaking spree that ended in murder in northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar on Sunday. A wedding party was on at a house in Dhaka village.

The policeman was not invited to the party being hosted by Rajender Singh Chauhan, whose daughter was getting married.

Tarun's mother (pictured centre) reacts upon news of her son's death

Around 6.30pm, he arrived on his bike with another constable posted at west Delhi's Subhash Nagar police station.

Chauhan's nephew Manmeet allegedly invited Baba and the other policeman, Sanjay, to the party.

Eyewitnesses said Baba parked his bike on the road in front of the house, where the marriage ceremony was going on. Relatives of the bride asked him to shift the bike as it was obstructing the movement of guests arriving at the wedding reception.

LAW-ABIDING TO LAW-BREAKER Constable Jai Baba was not invited to marriage ceremony but gate-crashed with a friend

Arriving on his bike, he parked the two-wheeler on the road in front of the house, where the marriage ceremony was going on. The hosts objected

A drunk Jai Baba headed straight to a makeshift stage where people were dancing, took out his service revolver and fired three shots. The third bullet hit 12-year-old Tarun Chauhan, also dancing on the stage

He refused and started arguing with the hosts. The constable and his friend then went inside the venue. Tempers flared again at 8.30pm.

The constable then left the place. 'Baba went to Manmeet's house, consumed alcohol there and came back to the marriage ceremony around 11.20pm,' an eyewitness said.

'He headed straight to a makeshift stage where people were dancing, took out his service revolver and fired three shots.

'The third bullet hit Tarun, also dancing on the stage,' a police officer said. 'Baba seemed to have killed Tarun accidentally.

He did not know the victim nor had a fight with him,' the officer added. The boy's relatives said the constable hurled abuses at everybody before pulling the trigger.

'The bullet hit Tarun, a Class VI student at a local school, in the chest, killing him instantly. He was rushed to the Sushruta trauma centre, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

'Baba killed my son. Even before killing him, he was waving the service revolver in a manner as to scare people,' the victim's father Satish Chauhan said. The boy's relatives allegedly thrashed Baba before handing him over to the police. He was arrested from the spot and charged.

He has been suspended from service. Tarun's mother and elder brother Chetan Chauhan are in shock and cannot believe they lost him at a marriage ceremony.

SUV goons give car driver an 'earshot'

Rogue drivers and road rage compete for space on the Capital's mean streets on most days. Sunday was no exception.



The occupants of an SUV fired several rounds of bullets at the driver of an i10 car because he did not make way for them in Narela.



The driver of the i10 escaped without serious injuries. One bullet grazed past his ear. The incident happened around 9.30pm at Holi Chowk. Police identified the victim as Vijendra Khatri, 42, a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) employee.



The driver of the SUV, a Scorpio, approaching the i10 from behind, repeatedly started honking near Holi Chowk. As the road is narrow, the victim couldn't give way.



After travelling some distance, the driver of the SUV overtook the i10 and stopped in front of it.



Seven-eight occupants in the Scorpio, who were allegedly drunk, came out of the car and started arguing with Khatri. He pleaded that he could not give way because of the narrow road, but the accused started beating him up. Khatri raised an alarm to attract the attention of passersby.

As several people started gathering, the accused became scared and fired several bullets at Khatri.



'I was terrified and ducked to save myself,' he told the police. Firing in the air, the trouble-mongers fled the scene to avoid getting caught.



'One bullet brushed aside Khatri's ear. However, he did not receive any major injuries,' a police officer said.

