Ghaziabad: Gaps in complaint filed by hotel owner ‘shot at by 2’

GHAZIABAD: Police have found several loopholes in the

complaint

filed by the owner of World Square Hotel, Gaurav Sabharwal, who was allegedly shot at by two two bike-borne assailants on Monday afternoon.


Police have now called Sabharwal to further record his statement in the matter.

Meanwhile, a forensic test was also conducted of Sabharwal’s car and his clothes on Tuesday.

SP (city) Shlok Kumar also visited Budh Chowk, where the attack had allegedly taken place. Police sources informed that there is a tea stall as well as a kiosk of a key maker on one side of the busy junction, but none of them saw or heard any noise from the gunshot being fired by the attackers.

Police are also suspicious about the delay on the hotel owner’s part in reporting the case. In his complaint, Sabharwal mentioned that he had turned his vehicle towards Indirapuram police station while trying to save himself from the attackers. However, he did not reach the police station immediately, rather drove his Range Rover all the way to Narinder Mohan hospital for treatment in an injured condition, even though there was one hospital nearby. Even after reaching the hospital, no one called the police control room. Only after two and a half hours, Sabharwal’s brother-in-law, Rahul Bhalla, and general manager of the hotel, Sahil Goswami, reached the police station and filed a complaint.

Sources added that a case of criminal breach of trust has been going on against Sabharwal and he had expressed his suspicion that the opposite party could be behind the attack. According to police, Sabharwal was accused by the complainant in 2017 of duping him of Rs 1.4 crore.

SP (city) said the matter was being probed from all angles. “A case of attempt to murder has been registered against unknown persons. Further inquiry is going on,” he added.

When contacted the general manager of the hotel, he said, “Sabharwal has already given a statement to the police and stand by it.”


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